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.

Boroughgate Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skelton

Historical Forms

  • Burghgate 1407 YI

Etymology

'Road to the castle (of Skelton)' v. burh , gata , and cf. Birdgate 85supra .