Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Places named after states (was Re: Glenelg<br/>
Date: Dec 03, 2001 @ 02:58<br/>
Author: Anton Sherwood (Anton Sherwood &lt;bronto@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1549046714">Peter Smaardijk wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; I wouldn&#39;t know about that, but what I do know is that in the old<br/>
&gt; town of York (which is, as you all will know, a shambles) the streets<br/>
&gt; are called &quot;gates&quot;, which are not English gates, but rather Danish<br/>
&gt; streets.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>And the gates are called &quot;bars&quot;.<br/>
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The original Shambles, if memory serves, was the butchers&#39; quarter of<br/>
some old town; was it York?<br/>
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