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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Kirk-gat(e, n. Also: Kyrc-, Kyrk- and -gait, -get. [Kirk n. 9 c; Gate n.¹ 1, 2.] A road or street containing or leading to a church. (Chiefly as a place-name.) 13.. Aberd. B. Rec. in Facs. Nat. MSS. III. iii.
Quadam domo … jacente in vico del Kyrcgat 1378 Reg. Great S. (1814) 154/1.
In vico [de Inuirnys] qui dicitur le Kyrkgate 1417 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I. 44.
In vico que vocatur Netherkirkgat 1463 Blackfriars Perth 52.
In dicto burgo de Perth, in vico qui dicitur le kyrkgate 1492 Reg. Cupar A. I. 254.
Betwixt the land of Patrick Baxteris … and the Kyrkgait 1520 Selkirk B. Ct. fol. 83.
That thar ly na medding in the … Kyrkgait 1602 Reg. Great S. 475/2.
West thairfra be ane hie kirkgait quhilk devydis the saidis landis of Haltoun 1641 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 258.
Saisin to be givin … of the foirland and warkhous of the tenement in the Netherkirkget 1650 Strathbogie Presb. 137.
Ascending lineallie the forsaid Kirkgate till they come to the kirkyard dyk