Ruthergate

Ruthergate

Ruthergate is an old road near Guisborough in Cleveland (UK), now disused. It lead southwards from Ruther Cross on Hutton Lane before winding up Kemplah Hill in a well-marked cutting. It is mentioned in early charters, sometimes as Rechergate, sometimes as Rogergate. It may have originally been created as an access road to a quarry on Highcliff.

References

* "Guisborough Before 1900", B.J.D.Harrison and G.Dixon (editors), MTD Rigg Publications, Guisley, Leeds, 2nd Edition, 1994.
* "The Ruthergate in Guisborough", A.W.Armstrong, Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society Bulletin, 25, pages 39-42, 1974.


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