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.

Bengate

Other OS name in the Parish of Worstead

Historical Forms

  • Benegate t.Ed3,1345 Holme

Etymology

, a hamlet , Benegate t. Ed3, 1345Holme (p) , v. bēan and gata ; cf. Joh . de Benegate 1330SR .