Last Name FELGATE

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Meaning Local: AT the fold-gate, from residence at the entrance of the fold or enclosure; probably the sheepfold. Also 'at the fall-gate.' Fall-gate, a gate across a public road. Norfolk. Probably a correct origin as it lirerally means 'a wooden bar that rose and fell across the road.'
Origin English, Irish



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