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.

Forest Gate

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Ham

Etymology

Forest Gate owes its name to a gate that formerly stood in Woodgrange Rd, to prevent cattle from straying from the forest into the high road (Pagenstecher 158).