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.

Skylegates

Field in the Parish of Croxton

Historical Forms

Skylegates Hy3 Newh c.1240 HarlCh

Etymology

Skylegates Hy3(Ed1) Newh, Skylegates c.1240(the first el. is obscure, thesecond is gata)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Yarborough Camp

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Croxton