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.

Meughsgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Askerton

Historical Forms

  • the Mughs Yate 1764 PR(Laner)
  • Mugh-gate 1769 ib
  • Mewsgate 1819 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Mughs Yate 1764 PR (Laner), Mugh-gate 1769 ib., Mewsgate 1819 ib .