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.

Watergate

Other OS name in the Parish of Methley

Historical Forms

  • Watergait 1569 MethMR

Etymology

, 1726 PRMth , Watergait 1569 MethMR , v. wæter , gata , here a road leading to the Calder .