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.

Bloomer Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wood End or Bloomer Gate 1771 HAS

Etymology

, 1862ValS , Wood End or Bloomer Gate 1771 HAS39, 63 , named from the local family of Bloomer ( HAS 39, 64 ) , v. gata ' road ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name