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.

Palmers Gate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tenbury

Etymology

la Palmere and le Palmer are found as surnames in this vill in the Subsidy Roll of 1275, so that the first element is apparently a family name.