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.

Highgate Farm

Other OS name in the Parish of Runham

Etymology

, cf. Heigate Close , Heigate furlong 1637Dragge of Runham Paston ( Highgate is a road along the marsh edge ; the modern form suggests hēah ' high ' and gata ) .