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.

Gatehead

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Gateheade 1697 Derwent
  • Garrygillyeateheade 1700 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Gateheade 1697Derwent ,Garrygillyeateheade 1700 ib . Cf. Garrygate 1631 ib . v. supra 174 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement