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.

Carrygate

Other OS name in the Parish of Galby

Historical Forms

  • Carrigate 1649 Nichols

Etymology

, 1640 LAS , 1907Surv , 1913 Sale , Carrigate 1649 Nichols , v. gata ; poss . with calu , cf. Carrywell in Illston f.ns. (a) ; but kjarr may pertain .