thequeensenglish:‘Busy Gap’, Sewingshields Crags, Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland, England. In a dip
thequeensenglish:‘Busy Gap’, Sewingshields Crags, Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland, England. In a dip in the course of Hadrian’s Wall between Housesteads to the west and Sewingshields Crags to the east, lies a tract of land known as ‘Busy Gap’ (Marked by the wooden steps).The term was the common descriptive name for a thoroughfare of those of ill-repute – and a place to be very much avoided by those of a more peaceable nature. This route through the wall became a way by which ne’er-do-wells and the like could easily come and go on their evil ways. Such was the severity of the problem that a new catchphrase came into use across the region: the ‘Busy Gap Rogues’. Even as far as Newcastle – and well into the 18th century – the expression was a by-word for anyone who was suspected of being up to no good.Source: North-East History Tour Roger Clegg. -- source link
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