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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bondgate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Bondegat(e) 1228,1313 Rip 1340 YDviii 1341 Font 1579 Dep
  • Bondgate 1415 Rip 1452 RipAct 1456 YDiv 1676 Dep
  • Bongeitt 1581 WillY

Etymology

Bondgate, Bondegat (e )1228, 1313 Rip, 1340 YD viii, 1341 Fontet freq to 1579Dep , Bondgate 1415 Rip, 1452 RipAct, 1456 YD ivet passim to 1676Dep , Bongeitt 1581 WillY. 'The peasant landowners' street', v. bondi , gata , a common Danelaw st.n. used here also as the name of the suburb on the south side of the R. Skell; it was once a separate township with Aismunderby supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site