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.

Clapgates

Other OS name in the Parish of Woolaston

Historical Forms

  • Clappeyate 1289 MinAcct

Etymology

, 1830 M , Clappeyate 1289MinAcct , dial . clap-gate ' a small gate whichshuts of itself ' , a very early example of this word which is not recorded before the 19th century ( NED s.v . ) .