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.

Fountains Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Fontaynesgate 1335 YDviii
  • Fontans Lane 1584 PRRip

Etymology

, Fontaynesgate 1335 YD viii, Fontans Lane 1584 PRRip , ' the road to Fountains (191supra ) ' , v. gata , lane .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site