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.

Straitgate Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ottery St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Strætgeat 1061 Ottery 1227
  • Stretyate 1333 SR

Etymology

v. stræt , geat . The farm lies by the Roman road to Exeter. For the geat , v. supra 603 n.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement