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<blockquote data-quote="GrumpyOldMan" data-source="post: 4630629" data-attributes="member: 16469"><p>Here are a few real English street names.</p><p></p><p>The Side</p><p>Cowgate</p><p>Gallowgate</p><p>Skeldergate</p><p>(Gates are streets leading to city gates)</p><p>Bigg Market</p><p>Groat Market</p><p>Clothmarket</p><p>Greenmarket</p><p>(Markets are, er, streets with markets) - there may even be a Market Street.</p><p>Highbridge</p><p>Sandhill</p><p>Sandgate</p><p>Side</p><p>Dog Bank</p><p>Dogleap Stairs</p><p>Cox Chare</p><p>Pudding Chare</p><p>(a chare is a narrow street) except of course, for:</p><p>Broad Chare</p><p>Fenkle (or Finkle) Street/Lane, etc. Are always (in my experience) at an odd angle to other streets and often have a sharp bend in them. </p><p>Foss, Fosse, The Foss, Fosse Street, Fossway, Foss Lane etc. usually run alongside an old defensive ditch.</p><p>Aldwark</p><p>The Stonebow</p><p>Pavement</p><p>Green Batt</p><p>The Batts</p><p>The Butts</p><p>I think Batts/Butts are low lying areas near a river or an expanse of meadow. But the name stays after the meadow has been built on.</p><p>The Peth (dialect word for path?)</p><p>The Lonnen (dialect word for lane?)</p><p>Dere Street - a road the Romans built.</p><p></p><p>Alnwick boasts a Bondgate Within and a Bondgate Without, separated of course by Bondgate Tower.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GrumpyOldMan, post: 4630629, member: 16469"] Here are a few real English street names. The Side Cowgate Gallowgate Skeldergate (Gates are streets leading to city gates) Bigg Market Groat Market Clothmarket Greenmarket (Markets are, er, streets with markets) - there may even be a Market Street. Highbridge Sandhill Sandgate Side Dog Bank Dogleap Stairs Cox Chare Pudding Chare (a chare is a narrow street) except of course, for: Broad Chare Fenkle (or Finkle) Street/Lane, etc. Are always (in my experience) at an odd angle to other streets and often have a sharp bend in them. Foss, Fosse, The Foss, Fosse Street, Fossway, Foss Lane etc. usually run alongside an old defensive ditch. Aldwark The Stonebow Pavement Green Batt The Batts The Butts I think Batts/Butts are low lying areas near a river or an expanse of meadow. But the name stays after the meadow has been built on. The Peth (dialect word for path?) The Lonnen (dialect word for lane?) Dere Street - a road the Romans built. Alnwick boasts a Bondgate Within and a Bondgate Without, separated of course by Bondgate Tower. [/QUOTE]
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