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.

Eastgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Cawston

Historical Forms

  • Est gate 1372,1422,1455 Ct
  • Eastgate 1843 TA

Etymology

, Est gate 1372, 1422, 1455Ct , Eastgate 1843TA , v. gata , described as a hamlet in 1845 (White 461) .