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.

Landgate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rye

Historical Forms

  • Landgate Tower 1460 HMCv,App

Etymology

Landgate (6″) is Landgate Tower in 1460 (HMC v, App).

Watchbell Street (6″), cf. Watchbell Warde 1625 (SAC17, 133).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement