Chop Gate

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image = Chop Gate Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 231016.jpg

| static_image_width = 250px

| static_image_caption = Chop Gate Methodist Church

| coordinates = {{coord|54.391171|-1.1399699|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Chop Gate

| population =

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton

| post_town = Middlesbrough

| postcode_district = TS9

| postcode_area = TS

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE 5594 9986

}}

Chop Gate ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|tʃ|ɒ|p|_|ˈ|j|æ|t}} {{respell|CHOP|_|YAT}}){{cite book |last1=Moss |first1=John |title=History of english place names and where they came from |date=2020 |publisher=Pen & Sword |location=Barnsley |isbn=978-1-52672-284-3 |page=344}} is a small village in the North York Moors national park, North Yorkshire, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 100 Malton & Pickering (Helmsley & Easingwold)|ISBN= 9780319231203 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html|title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer|format=csv (download)|date= 1 January 2016|publisher=Ordnance Survey|website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk|accessdate=18 February 2016}} Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the village is situated {{convert|7.5|mi|km|0}} south east of Stokesley and {{convert|12.5|mi|km|0}} north of Helmsley.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Helmsley Supplementary, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Helmsley/more |website=genuki.org.uk |access-date=8 March 2024}}

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The village is at the point where the roads to Bilsdale and Raindale meet. Chop Gate is on the B1257 road between Helmsley and Stokesley.{{cite book|last1=Chrystal|first1=Paul|title=The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales|date=2017|publisher=Stenlake|location=Catrine| isbn=9781840337532|page=25|edition=1}}

Chop Gate's name probably comes from the Old Norse word 'kaupr' meaning 'pedlar' or 'chapman', and 'gata' which means 'road'.{{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=Peter |title=Yorkshire placenames |date=2005 |publisher=Dalesman |location=Skipton |isbn=1855681900 |page=32}}