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.

Whitegate

Other OS name in the Parish of Earls Colne

Historical Forms

  • Waytesgate otherwise called Colne Parke Gate 1536 HMCx

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Waytesgate otherwise called Colne Parke Gate 1536 HMC x .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement