Hungate Family History

English: habitational name from the street name Hungate from Middle English hundegate ‘street where hounds are kept’. Streets with this name are recorded in medieval York.

Methley (near Leeds, Yorkshire), Sawley (near Ripon, Yorkshire), and Market Weighton (East Yorkshire) are notable examples. The latter two are associated with medieval men bearing the surname in Sawley and nearby Grantley and Ripon.

In Market Weighton and nearby Nunburnholme and Burnby, similar associations with the surname can be found.

The history of these locations indicates a connection between the name and the presence of hounds in the area, linking it to its etymological roots.

This highlights the geographic and social influences on naming conventions in medieval England.