Debbie, I live in Repton and am involved with the Village History Group. I suspect you are looking for Danesgate - maybe a modern corruption of Damsgate. Sadly I have deleted your original enquiry, but we can provide maps of various ages and so on. Danesgate is really an area of Repton on a hill on the northern side of Well lane (if you have access to a modern map). The land rises on both sides of Well Lane which itself runs uphill. So there is a distinct hill. Danesgate is the name of a rather lovely house - mostly Victorian now - on that hillside and the home of The Auden family. Best wishes, Andy Austen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter R Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:41 AM Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] DAMSGATE HILL in Burton upon Trent 1851 > Debbie, > > I presume you tried Google Maps or Multimap and, being an old location, > it didn't show up. > > But you can also try a normal Google search. Use the Advanced Search, > put the name in quotation marks, or simply ask "Where is Damsgate Hill?" > > I found this in Google:- > > Lichfield Record Office > Records of Talbot & Co, solicitors of Burton upon Trent > Various properties in Burton upon Trent and elsewhere > messuage and land called Damsgate Hill, Repton, 1864; > > If you then search for Repton, you'll find it in current day Derbyshire > about halfway between Burton on Trent and Derby. > > Another option is to look at census pages before and after your > ancestors and find nearby street names and cross streets. > > Peter > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Debbie, Further research with censuses and a bit of deduction strongly suggests that there was a Damsgate Hill in Repton and that it has now become Boot Hill or, perhaps, Brook End and Boot Hill combined. The early Priory Mill was fed by Repton Brook which was subsequently redirected to its current course farther away from Boot Hill, but speculation suggests that the Dam in Damsgate might refer to the Mill. The principal building there is the Boot Inn which has had many uses over the years including a boot and shoe makers - generally assumed to be the cause of the name of the road. When it changed is uncertain. Best wishes Andy Austen ----- Original Message ----- From: "austens" <austens@talktalk.net> To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] DAMSGATE HILL in Burton upon Trent 1851 > Debbie, > > I live in Repton and am involved with the Village History Group. I suspect > you are looking for Danesgate - maybe a modern corruption of Damsgate. > > Sadly I have deleted your original enquiry, but we can provide maps of > various ages and so on. Danesgate is really an area of Repton on a hill on > the northern side of Well lane (if you have access to a modern map). The > land rises on both sides of Well Lane which itself runs uphill. So there > is > a distinct hill. > > Danesgate is the name of a rather lovely house - mostly Victorian now - on > that hillside and the home of The Auden family. > > Best wishes, > > Andy Austen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter R Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> > To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:41 AM > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] DAMSGATE HILL in Burton upon Trent 1851 > > >> Debbie, >> >> I presume you tried Google Maps or Multimap and, being an old >> location, >> it didn't show up. >> >> But you can also try a normal Google search. Use the Advanced Search, >> put the name in quotation marks, or simply ask "Where is Damsgate Hill?" >> >> I found this in Google:- >> >> Lichfield Record Office >> Records of Talbot & Co, solicitors of Burton upon Trent >> Various properties in Burton upon Trent and elsewhere >> messuage and land called Damsgate Hill, Repton, 1864; >> >> If you then search for Repton, you'll find it in current day >> Derbyshire >> about halfway between Burton on Trent and Derby. >> >> Another option is to look at census pages before and after your >> ancestors and find nearby street names and cross streets. >> >> Peter >> >> ****************************** >> ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not >> apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of >> ARCHIVED >> MATERIALS. >> ------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE > of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the > link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message