jan 1, 1516 - slant gate

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This survives as a place-name in the Huddersfield area, in Fixby, Kirkburton and Linthwaite, descriptive in all three cases of a linking lane or road which ascends a hill directly and obliquely. It seems likely to have been a generic term locally, with a long history, especially since it occurred in other townships. In 1516, for example two acres of land in Austonley were said to lie <i>inter hoywodde bothomehede ex parte orient Slantgaite ex parte occident,</i> Austonley (MD225).

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