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.

viam que vocatur Akergate

Field in the Parish of Glentworth

Historical Forms

  • viam que vocatur Akergate Hy3 Newh
  • viam que vocatam le Akergath 1313 Foster

Etymology

viam que vocatur Akergate Hy3(Ed1), viam que vocatam le Akergath 1313('the road to the arable land', v. akr, gata, a Scand compound)