Belmangate
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Belmangate by Mick Garratt as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 4 Feb 2007
The old medieval route to the south out of the town as evident by the sunken nature of the road. Belmangate was until the coming of the railway in the mid 19c a separate hamlet. The road is now a principal access road to the housing estates south of the town.