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Survey of English Place-Names

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Snipe Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Portisham

Historical Forms

  • Snite yate, Snyte yate 1611 DuCo

Etymology

, 1841TA (Langton H.) , Snite yate , Snyte yate 1611DuCo ( in the bounds of Langton H . ) , v. snīte ' snipe ' ( replaced by snype ) , geat : the road from Portisham to Chickerell crosses the Portisham - Langton H . bdy here .