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.

Leadgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Lid(d) Gate 1703,1713 PR
  • Leadgate 1761 ib

Etymology

is Lid (d ) Gate 1703, 1713 PR, Leadgate 1761 ib . Probably from hlidgeat , ' swing-gate . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement