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.

Windgate Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Conisbrough

Historical Forms

  • Windlegate Hill 1840 TA

Etymology

, 1841 O.S. , Windlegate Hill 1840TA , probably ' windy hill ' , v. wind , hyll , gata ' road ' , with hill again added .