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.

Aldgate, Aldgate Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Ketton

Historical Forms

  • Aldgate 1846 White 1932 Kelly
  • Aldgate Farm 1846,1863 White 1919 Sale
  • Aldgate Lodge 1846 White

Etymology

, Aldgate 1846 White, 1932 Kelly, Aldgate Farm 1846, 1863 White, 1919Sale , Aldgate Lodge 1846 White , ' the oldroad ' , v. ald , gata . The road probably led to the lost Fregsthorpe , v. supra .