jan 1, 1516 - green gate

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A way over green or uncultivated ground. 1288 ‘one selion in the east part of <i>Grenegate</i>’, Fixby (YRS69/52); 1346 ‘another rood [was called] <i>Grenegate</i>’, Bingley (YRS76/8); 1438 ‘abutted on <i>le Grenegate</i> leading to Litelmore’, Thorner (YRS102/133); <i>c</i>.1516 <i>j acram ex parte boriali de le Grenegaite inter terras monialium</i> ... <i>et terras Henrici Pye</i>, Wombwell (YRS92/204). It gave rise to numerous minor place-names and by-names: 1277 <i>Adam de Grenegate</i>, Ossett (YRS29/160); 1379 <i>Thomas de Grenegate</i>, Allerton in Bradford (PTWR).

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