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.

Highgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Hutton John

Historical Forms

  • the High Yaite 1599 ib
  • hyghe Yaite of Penruddock 1604 ib

Etymology

is the High Yaite 1599 ib., hyghe Yaite of Penruddock 1604 ib . v. geat .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement