Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• æt Gete, Geate 778–9 BCS231 11th

• Giet(e) 1086 DB 1167 P 1287 QW

• Gete 1182 RBE 1246–50 Mrk 1313 Ch 1510 BrCh

• Iete 1196 P

• Yeta 1208–13 Fees

• Yete 1221 Eyre 1274 RH

• Iate 1207 Cur 1221 Ass 1349 Ipm

• Yate 1207 FF 1221 Ass 1241 Mrk 1275 Episc 1303 FA 1705 PR

• Hiate 1210 FF

• Hyate 1221 Ass

• Ieate 1221 Eyre

• Yeat(e) 1221 Ass 1501 FF c.1560 Surv

• Chate 1248 Ass

• Zate(s) 1291 Tax 1346 FA

Etymology

'The gate', v. geat , which sometimes means 'gap in the hills', but that sense is unlikely here. The form Chate shows an unusual consonant development, probably from an assimilation of [tj] to [tʃ] in the phrase at Yate (Phonol. § 44a ).