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.

Broadgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Broadyate 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

, 1625 PR(KL) , 1709 Kend iii, 158 , 1721Ct 11 , Broadyate 1675 Ogilby , ' the broad gate ' , v. brād , geat ; this lies on Road IV ( i , 20 supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name