1327 in D. Yaxley (2003) 76 [Digging 73 perches of ditch from] falgate [towards the land of the parson of Thornage].
c1475 in L. T. Smith (1886) 165 Ony mane yat hath noȝte hangyd his fal-ȝates at resonable tymes.
1544 Churchwardens' Accts. N. Elmham in G. A. Carthew (1877) ii. 598 For a falde gate to henge at ye hethe and for holes hengells wt other gears for ye seyd gate..xxjd.
1549 in A. G. Legge (1891) 49 To John Wryght for a hengell for A fallgate..jd.
1667 N. Fairfax Let. 5 Dec. in H. Oldenburg (1967) IV. 13 They somtyms use ye crabb harrows (becaus drawn cornerwise they ar as bigg as a fallgate).
1783 J. Woodforde 4 July (1926) II. 82 To some poor ragged Children at the fall gate at Lyng 0. 0. 6.
1808 9 Jan. (advt.) One road..proceeding in a South West direction along the present tract over Westerfield Green, to a fallgate, near a cottage belonging to the Rev. William Fonnereau.
1842 T. Quarles 136 A portion of the marsh was named Holl's Mouth, and a drift-way with a falgate led to it from the lands on its eastern side.
1913 J. M. Durham & R. J. Richardson 248 An yow care to come a-flightin' wi' I Noel-eve marnin', do yow be at the fall-gate, over the great dick, at half arter six.
1918 27 12 The second [road] led eastwards from the old falgate to a point in the first road a little south of Gatehouse.
1995 S. W. Martins & T. Williamson in R. Burroughes 73 (note) A falgate was a gate erected at the point where a public road entered a common.