Gateforth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Brayton
Historical Forms
- Gæite-ford c.1030 YCh7
- Geiteford' 1166 P
- Gayteford, Gaiteford 1251 Ass 1261 Selby 1269 FF 1280–91 Selby 1289 Abbr 1291 Ebor 1428 FA
- Gaitford, Gaytford 1246 Ass47d a.1266 KF 1285 KI 1292 YI 1320 Selby 1323 Hom 1370 FF 1444 Pat
- Gaytforth(e) 1506 ADv 1523 FF 1530 BM
- Gateford 1316 Vill
- Gateforth(e) 1470,1586 NCWills
- Gatefurth 1576 WillY
Etymology
'Goats' ford' (that is, one regularly used for moving goats), v. geit (possibly replacing an earlier OE gāt 'goat'), ford . Cf. Gateford Nt 107.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Barlow Common
- Barlow Grange
- Barlow Hagg
- Barlow Hall
- Barlow Reach
- Belly Croft Belt
- Botany Bay
- Bracken Ho
- Carr Plant
- Clough
- Cockshaw Wood
- Common Side
- Hagg Ho
- Half Acre Wood
- Hook's Fm & Hook's Fields
- Marrowbone Reach
- Marsh Lane
- Mill Bridge & Mill Ho
- Park Fm
- Sand Pit
- Stillinghurst Wood
- Thief Lane (End)
- White Ho
- Bafham Ho
- Brackenhill Lane
- Brayton Hall
- Burn Bridge
- The Green
- Highfield Ho
- Lady's Well
- Longman's Hills
- Middle Lane
- Miletree Ho
- Mill Ho
- Oakney Wood
- Sandpit
- Bales Wood
- Brick Kiln Lane
- Burn Common
- Burn Grange & Burn Hall
- Burn Spring Wood
- Claybridge Fm
- Common Lane
- Crow Wood
- Fair Oaks
- Gossip Fm
- Hagg Bush
- Henwick Hall
- Park Lane
- Sandy Lane
- Stocking Green
- Tranmoor
- Webster Wood
- Whiting's Wood
- Wood Hall
- Brook Rein
- Church Lane
- Gateforth Common
- Gateforth Green
- Gateforth Wood
- Hagg Ho
- Pale Lane
- Sand Pit
- Staker Wood
- Tom's Wood
- West Lodge
- Bayle Dike & Bayle Lane
- Common Lane
- Field Lane
- Fox Lane
- Hagg Ho
- Hambleton Ho
- Mill Lane
- Morrets Lane
- Morton Bog
- Old Lane
- Owlet Hall
- Gawthorpe Hall
- Painter Lane
- Philip Lane
- Ruddings
- Stocking Lane
- Westcroft Lane
- Whinny Hagg Lane
- White Ho
- Barff Ho
- Fox Lane
- Harry Moor
- Thorpe Hall