Street names

daver · Post by **daver** » Sat 25 Oct, 2008 4:22 pm

Were you drinking in the Idle Cock then?Now known as the Junction.

dragonheat · Post by **dragonheat** » Sun 26 Oct, 2008 6:56 am

daver wrote: Were you drinking in the Idle Cock then?Now known as the Junction. no it was the exchange i was going back to a friends hous to carry on drinking good times

confused · Post by **confused** » Wed 29 Oct, 2008 8:28 pm

Wellclose Terrace - 1933I wonder if someone can help me. My mums birth certificate says she was born at 55 Wellclose Terrace in Leeds in 1933. I've been to the Library today and the electoral books only show the even numbers of Wellclose Terrace. Looking at the map, there were definitely two sides to the street and I also looked at "Back Wellclose Terrace" just in case - but there isn't one listed though.Does anyone know the history to this. I noticed some posts from people who lived at Wellclose Mount in 1936 so am hoping someone might remember Wellclose Terrace and the mystery of the one sided streetor has anyone got any ideas of where else I could look?thanksconfused

Bramleygal · Post by **Bramleygal** » Wed 28 Jan, 2009 7:45 pm

OK. Didn't get a response so I'm asking again. Anyone know the origin of the name of the hill leading down from Bramley Town Street by the name of Out Gang. I've always wondered about that.

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 2:42 am

Bramleygal wrote: OK. Didn't get a response so I'm asking again. Anyone know the origin of the name of the hill leading down from Bramley Town Street by the name of Out Gang. I've always wondered about that. Only a guess, but it could be a corruption of the German word 'Ausgang', meaning 'way out'.

Bramleygal · Post by **Bramleygal** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 2:23 pm

You could be right as it was the way out from Bramley to Kirkstall. Never thought of that. I was thinking more of a swashbuckling band of outlaws doing their dastardly deeds on demand.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 5:19 pm

zip55 wrote: Bramleygal wrote: OK. Didn't get a response so I'm asking again. Anyone know the origin of the name of the hill leading down from Bramley Town Street by the name of Out Gang. I've always wondered about that. Only a guess, but it could be a corruption of the German word 'Ausgang', meaning 'way out'. Yes - in a sense, but not a 'corruption' of German strictly speaking - but Middle English, showing the links to other north European languages, such as German via old Norse, Danish ,Saxon etc.. The Dutch for 'Way Out' for instance is 'Uitgang' which is pronounced almost exactly as 'Outgang'. North-east ('geordie')dialect retains 'gan' and 'ganning' for go and going, which again shows the link

Si · Post by Si » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 5:39 pm

As in, "Why, am gan yam, man." Meaning, "I am going home, sir."I thought 'entrance' was eingang, and 'exit' was ausfahrt?

Bramleygal · Post by **Bramleygal** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 5:57 pm

I like the Middle English interpretation. Why would they use a German name when, as far as I know, there was no German population in Bramley.

Bramley4woods · Post by **Bramley4woods** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 7:43 pm

Si wrote: As in, "Why, am gan yam, man." Meaning, "I am going home, sir."I thought 'entrance' was eingang, and 'exit' was ausfahrt? It is on a motorway.Nothing to do with horses, by the way.