Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate, the very short street in York, one of the shortest in the UK, connecting Colliergate with Pavement, is first mentioned in 1505 as 'Whitnourwhatnourgate' and later as 'Whitney Whatneygate',
The word “Gate” in the Danish Viking language meant ‘street’ many street names in York have the word gate in them. For example, Walmgate, Goodramgate, Coppergate etc.
Gates shouldn’t be confused with the gateways that allow access to the city through its surrounding city walls. These are called ‘bars’.
Simply:
“the streets are called gates, the gates are called bars, and the bars are called pubs”.
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