1 gen 1648 anni - agateward

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To go agatewards with somebody was to accompany them part of their way home. It was a custom that fell out of use in the West Riding after cars became commonplace. Adam Eyre’s use of the word demonstrates the development from ‘on gate’: in 1648 he accompanied his father in law to Sledbrooke Lane, saying <i>I went with him on gateward with his beasts </i>(SS65/110) whereas in March that year he had ridden <i>with Robert Eyre to Langsett bank agateward homewards </i>(SS65/101). It is worth noting that 9 November he wrote<i> I went on wayward towards Langset, </i>for this is not the usual local expression but he was an educated man and the inference may be that he ‘translated’ it (SS65/73).

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