Chop Gate: Pedlars, Vikings and a Farmer’s Opinion

Chop Gate sits quietly in Bilsdale until the TT roars through and reminds everyone it exists. But the village has a quieter puzzle that never goes away: nobody can agree on what to call it, or what it means.

Travel guides and linguists will tell you confidently that it is pronounced “Ch ...

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Cold Moor Lane — Hollow Way and Medieval Trod

Taking a respite from the biting easterly breeze while in the shelter of Cold Moor Lane, a sunken bridleway climbing out of Chop Gate, a debate unfolded about its origins.

Well, if we concede that its sunken characteristic stems from centuries of human and animal movement along this route, then I suppose one could argue it's manmade. Althoug ...

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