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.

Thornsgate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bayton

Historical Forms

  • Thornesyate 1327 SR
  • Thorngate 1789 Gough

Etymology

'Gate of (or by) the thornbush,' a clear example of the somewhat rare place-name compound of the genitival type. v. geat .

Places in the same Parish