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.

Castle Gate & Castle Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Rothwell

Etymology

, 1841TA , v. castel , gat a , hēafod ; the site of a Roman camp is noted on 6 ″ O.S .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name