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.

Yate

Other OS name in the Parish of Cadeleigh

Historical Forms

  • atte Yate 1333 SR

Etymology

was the home of Richard atte Yate (1333SR ) . v. geat . The reference here may be to the narrow way between the hills .