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Quarter Gate Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Drax

Historical Forms

  • Thwartergate 1419 YDviii

Etymology

, 1840TA , Thwartergate 1419 YD viii , ' road running transversely across the field-strips ' , dial . thwarter ( cf. þverr ) , gata .