jan 1, 1532 - highgate

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A regional alternative to highway, that is a principal road between two important places. 1532 <i>item one acre of the benelandes in the west foldes lying by the hye gayt,</i> Farnley near Otley (YRS90/86). It gave rise to numerous minor place-names, e.g. Highgate Lane in Lepton, on the former route between Huddersfield and Wakefield: 1482 <i>le Heighgayte loyn</i> (MD335).

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