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.

Lydgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • leydeyate de Hiperome 1492 MinAcct
  • Lidyate 1529 Watson

Etymology

, 1529 HAS 8, 290 , 1817 M , leydeyate de Hiperome 1492MinAcct 02, Lidyate 1529 Watson 652 , v. hlid-geat ' a swing-gate ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name