Pilsgate
Early-attested site in the Parish of Barnack
Historical Forms
- Pilesgat(e) c.965 BCS1128 c.1200 WellsR 1221 Ch 1189 FF 1332 Ch 1198 FA 1227 1284
- Pilesgatha c.1210 WellsR
- pilesgeat c.980 BCS1130 c.1200
- Pilesgete 1125–8 ChronPetro
- Pillesgete 1086 DB
- Pillesgate 1203 FF 1253 Ass
- Pyllesyate 1364 FF 1478 ADiii
- Pyllysate 1517 DBE
- Pyliate 1558 Recov
Etymology
'The gate of a man named Pīl ,' v. geat . We have a diminutive of this pers. name in Pilton supra 217. For hesitation between yate and gate cf. Bozeat supra 190.