Bourne GateBourne Gate, Winchester |
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town gate |
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parish: county: coords: |
Winchester Hampshire SU485296 |
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JandMN |
old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants XLI.13 |
description |
Bourne Gate otherwise: Dorne Gate The place is described in text Leland 1535-43 - town gate - Winchester parish: - Hampshire |
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Leland 1535-43 Ther be in the waulles vj. gates, ... The 6. is betwixt north gate and est gate, no great thing but as a postern gate namid Bourne Gate. ... Ther is a litle suburbe without Dorne Gate or postern. Minns says:- Dorne-Gate. The real name is Bourne-Gate or river-gate, so called because nearly surrounded by different branches of the Itchen. |