Childerley Gate
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Childerley Gate likely means 'the gate or entrance to Childerley'. Childerley itself probably means 'the clearing of Childer's people'. The first part is a personal name, Childer, and 'lēah' means clearing.
Word origins
- Childer
- Old Englishpersonal name(from Cildra "personal name")
- ley
- Old EnglishAttestedwoodland clearing(from lēah "woodland clearing, meadow")
- Gate
- Old Englishgate, entrance(from gata "gate, way")
Historical forms
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