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.

Many Gates

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, 1735 Turnp , Mongatefoote i486 WCR 1 , possibly manig ' many ' , gata ' road ' or geat ' gate ' ; since this refers to an area of unenclosed moorland not far from Manshead supra , it may well be gata in the sense ' cattle walk or pasture ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name