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.

Lidgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • le Lydgate 1477 EveryCh 1546 Middleton
  • Lydeyate 1584 Lanc

Etymology

, le Lydgate 1477EveryCh , 1546Middleton ,Lydeyate 1584 Lanc , v. hlid-geat .