The gaits of Aberdeen / Local Studies Department.

Aberdeen City Libraries. Local Studies Department, author

Aberdeen : Aberdeen City Libraries, [1989]

8 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.

Gates and ports - - The Broadgate - - The Castlegate - - The Gallowgate - - The Hardgate - - The Nether and Upper Kirkgate - - Further reading.

Throughout Scotland some of the oldest, most historic streets in our towns and cities are called gates (gaits). The word in this sense has no connection with fortifications or defences but simply means a road or a way. This booklet looks briefly at the history of some of Aberdeen's oldest streets.

941.235

English

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