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.

Postgate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Danby

Historical Forms

Postgate 12 Guis 1223

Postegate c.1200 Guis

Etymology

'Road marked by posts' from OFr poste and gata.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement