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.

Withergate

Other OS name in the Parish of Worstead

Historical Forms

  • Wytegate 13 Holme

Etymology

, a hamlet ( v. White 492 ) , Wytegate 13(p)Holme , possibly wīðig ' willow ' and gata ( cf. Wythygate 1228 FF under ( b ) in Westwick supra ) .