Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Vicars Gate 1719 ib

• higher end of red lane or Gate commonly called the Vicars Gate 1752 ib

Etymology

, 1719Chol , Vicars Gate 1719ib , higher end of red lane or Gate commonly called the Vicars Gate 1752ib , cf. le Re (e )dehull 1377, 1378ib , ' the red hill ' , ' red lane ' , ' the vicar's lane ' , v. rēad , hyll , lane , vikere , gata . The colour is that of the sandstone here .