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.

White Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Whitegate als. Whiteplate 1657 WillS

Etymology

, 1709 WMB , Whitegate als. Whiteplate 1657 WillS , v. hwīt , gata ' road , plat 1 ' a footbridge ' ; it is a road over the moors .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site