Halton Holegate
village · Lincolnshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Halton Holegate means 'the gate to the hole near Hala's farmstead'. It combines a personal name, farmstead, the word for hole, and the word for gate.
Word origins
- Halton
- Old EnglishAttestedHala's farmstead or the farmstead in the nook.(from Hala "personal name", tūn "farmstead, village, estate")
- Holegate
- Old EnglishAttestedthe gate to the hole(from hōl "hole", geat "gate")