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.

Whiteclosegate

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanwix

Historical Forms

  • Whitcloss yet 1536 MH c.1683

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Whitcloss yet 1536 (c. 1683) MH . Cf. Whit Close Dike 1609SP . v. dīc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement