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 & Lydgate Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Lidyate 1571,1588 WillY 1618 SheffMan
  • Lidgitt Lane 1660 Norf
  • Lidgate 1817 M

Etymology

, Lidyate 1571, 1588 WillY, 1618 SheffMan, Lidgitt Lane 1660Norf , Lidgate 1817 M , v. hlid-geat ' a swing-gate ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name