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.

Garleygate

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • Garleygate 1467×84 LTD
  • Garleygatsyde 1467×84 LTD
  • Garelegatesyde 1467×84 LTD
  • Garligate syde 1601 Terrier 1612 Terrier

Etymology

Garleygate 1467 × 84, Garligate 1648, 1700, Garligate furlong 1712, 1745 (v. furlang), Garleygatsyde, Garelegatesyde 1467 × 84, Garligate syde 1601, 1612, Garligate side 1625, 1648 et passim to 1725 (v. sīde) (v. gata; the first el. is prob. gārlēac, here used of wild garlic)