English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Gatesgarth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Irton with Santon

Historical Forms

  • Catescart 1278 Ass
  • catescart 1279 ib

Etymology

'Goats' gap,' v. geit , skarð . The name is identical with Gatesgarth in Buttermere supra 356.