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.

Waitgate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirby Ravensworth

Historical Forms

  • Thwaiteʒate 13 RichReg

Etymology

v. þveit , geat .