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.

Yate

Major Settlement in the Parish of Yate

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 ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Field