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.

Westergate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aldingbourne

Historical Forms

  • Westgate 1230 P 1288 Ass
  • Westregate 1271 Ass

Etymology

' West' in relation to Eastergzte infra 140, but what these were the gates to is not clear. The adj. varies between the positive and the comparative form.

Places in the same Parish