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.

Woodgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Barkby

Historical Forms

  • le Wodegate 1467×84 LTD
  • Woodgate Way 1635 Merton

Etymology

, 1609Merton , c.1635Terrier , 1648, 1779Pochin , 1925Kelly , le Wodegate 1467 × 84LTD bis, Woodgate Way 1635Merton ( v. weg ) , v. wudu , gata .