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ORIGIN OF THE CITY IT many subsequent works. But some years have elapsed since Mr. Denton showed that a “ecrepel gate” is a covered way in a fortification, and that another is to be found on the. Wansdyke, the great Wiltshire line of defence. 50, too, with Ludgate. It IS pretty evident that Ludgate was not opened until some time in the twelfth century, and in any case cannot have been a Koman, still less an ancient British entrance. but where, then, did it get its name? Stow, though in doubt about King Lud, supposed this to be one of the most ancient of the city gates, and gives the derivation according to Geoffrey of Monmouth as being from King Lud, “a Briton, about the year before Christ's nativity 66.” I was
