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.

Heygate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farnham

Historical Forms

  • (to) hig geate 909 BCS627 c.1150
  • Le Hegate 1412 MinAcct

Etymology

Heygate (lost) is (to ) hig geate 909 (c. 1150) BCS 627, Hygate 1336, Heygate 1338Rental (p), 1597MinAcct , Le Hegate 1412MinAcct . 'Hay gate,' cf. Highcomb Bottom infra 214. See further supra 166.