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.

Cow Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • the Cowgate 1576 Wheater
  • Cow Yate 1767 Comm

Etymology

, the Cowgate 1576Wheater, Cow Yate 1767 Comm , v. cū , geat ' gate ' , or possibly gata in the sense ' pasturage ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement