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.

Claygate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thames Ditton

Historical Forms

  • Clæigate 1066 BM
  • Cleigate 1066 KCD824 c.1400
  • Claigate 1086 DB
  • Cleigat 1203 FF
  • Claygate 1255 Ass
  • Cleygate lane 1539 Harl
  • Clegate 1596 SrWills
  • Cleygott 1605 SACxxiii
  • Cleagate 1610 Speed

Etymology

Claygate is Clæigate 1066 BM, Cleigate 1066 (c. 1400) KCD 824, Claigate 1086 DB, Cleigat 1203 FF, Claygate 1255Ass , Cleygate lane 1539Harl , Clegate 1596 SrWills, Cleygott 1605 SAC xxiii, Cleagate 1610 Speed. Self-explanatory. It is on the London clay.