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 Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Lidgate 1709 WMB
  • Liget 1771 M

Etymology

, Lidgate 1709 WMB, Liget 1771 M , v. hlid-geat ' swing-gate ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site