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.

Southgate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Edmonton

Historical Forms

  • S(o)uthgate 1370,1372 ADi
  • le South gate 1608 LRMB

Etymology

Southgate is S (o )uthgate 1370, 1372 AD i, le South gate 1608LRMB . The hamlet grew up at the south gate of Enfield Chase (infra 73).