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.

Gate Land

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Gate Lands 1624 Greave 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Gate Lands 1624 Greave, 1709 WMB , ' lands near theroad (from Sowerby to Soyland) ' , v. gata , land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name