Burnt Yates
village · North Yorkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Burnt Yates means 'Burn's farmstead'. It combines a personal name with the Old English word 'geat' (gate, farmstead, road).
Word origins
- Burn
- Old EnglishAttestedA personal name, likely derived from 'brun' (brown) or a stream.(from Brun "Brown")
- yates
- Old EnglishAttestedFarmstead or road.(from geat "Gate, farmstead, road")
Historical forms
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