jan 1, 1531 - oregate
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The highway along which lead ore was transported. It gave its name to a farm in Marske in Swaledale, owned by the Conyers and named as <i>Orgate </i>in a settlement of 1477 (YAJ6/225n). In 1531-2 William Conyers left to his son the lease of his <i>leid mynes ... and Orgate</i> (YAJ6/229).
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