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.

New Yeate

Field in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • la Nyweghete 1838 TA
  • la Nyweʒateslane 1838 TA
  • Newyate 1838 TA 1609 LRMB
  • Nuyate 1838 TA
  • Newyats bushes 1568 Hutch
  • Newyats Lane 1568 Hutch

Etymology

New Yeate(la Nyweghete 1317, la Nyweʒateslane 1415, Newyate 1475, 1609, Nuyate 1475,Newyats bushes, Newyats Lane 1568,'new gate', v. nīwe, geat, lane)