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York street names

York was a major centre for traders and craftsmen in Viking times. Evidence that the Vikings settled there is found in street names. The Viking word for street is 'gate' and street names ending in 'gate' are evidence of Viking settlement. Street names also reveal what happened there, for example, in a street named 'whip-ma-whop-ma-gate', people were punished by being whipped.

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