Gastaloers

A temporary governor of the country. Blount A steward or bailiff. Spel. Gloss. G AST EL (L. Fr.). Wastel; wastelbread; the finest kind of wheat bread. Britt c. 80; Kelham. 6A8TINE (L. Fr.). Waste or uncultivated ground. Britt c. 57. GATE (Sax. geat), at the end of names of places, signij Ses way or path. Cunningham, Law Diet In the words heast-gate and cattle-gate, it means a right of pasture: these rights are local to Suffolk and Yorkshire respectively; they are considered as corporeal hereditaments, for which ejectment will lie; 2 Stra. 1084, 1 Term 137; and are entirely distinct from right of common. The right is sometimes connected with the duty of repairing the gates of the pasture: and perhaps the name comes from this.