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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lingwell Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Lingwell yate 1651 PRRth 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1763 LdsM , 1817 M , Lingwell yate 1651 PRRth, 1709 WMB , v. Lingwell Syke 140supra , geat ' gate ' ( to the wood of Outwood ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site