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Survey of English Place-Names

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Westgate Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Westgate more 1607,1608 Surv
  • Westgate Moor (side) 1673 Tayl 1709 WMB

Etymology

, ( common called ) Westgate more 1607, 1608Surv , Westgate Moor (side )1673 Tayl, 1709 WMB , v. Westgate 165supra , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site