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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gartree Road

Other OS name in the Parish of Shangton

Historical Forms

  • Port(e)gate 1601 Terrier
  • Porgate 1606,1625 ib

Etymology

, the Roman Via Devana ( v. Gartree Hundred supra ) is Port (e )gate 1601Terrier , Porgate 1606, 1625ib , v. port 2 , gata ; the highway to the market town of Leicester .