[ANSTHRLD] Starr Gate

[Ron]

Hellsgate was documented as a surname plus the gate means "a path that runs
by an estate owned by a family with the surname <Hell>."

Starr Gate could be documented the same way today.

Eirik

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> bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Tim McDaniel
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> Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Starr Gate
> 
> I was bemused to learn that Starr Gate is at the end of the Blackpool
> Tramway, Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
> 
> Wikipedia says "The place is named after the spiky 'Starr' grass which
> grows on the local sand hills which are located to the south of Starr
> Gate.[citation needed] 'Gate' ('Geat' in Old English language) simply
> means 'Way' from Old Norse 'Gat' - an opening or passage.[citation
> needed]"
> 
> However, I don't know whether a street name is authentic for a locative
> byname in English.  Then again, we thought a river name was impossible
> as a locative in English until we found examples (as I recall).
> 
> Danett de Linccolne
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