how did pen y ghent get its name
Pen-y-ghent In the Cumbric language, exactly as in today's Welsh, Pen meant 'top' or 'head', and y is most likely the definite article (the), exactly as in Modern Welsh y. These elements are common in placenames throughout the island, and especially in Wales (compare Penyberth 'end of the hedge/copse', or Penyffordd 'head of the road/way', etc.). The element ghent is more obscure, however: it could be taken to be 'edge' or 'border'.[7] The name Pen-y-ghent could therefore mean 'Hill on the border' (compare Kent).[8] Alternatively, ghent could mean 'wind' or 'winds' â€“ from the closest Welsh transliteration, gwynt ('wind'). Thus it might mean simply 'Head of the Winds'. It is also possible that ghent may have been a tribal name and that the hill may have once been an important tribal centre. It is also acceptable to write the name as Pen y Ghent rather than Pen-y-ghent.
Province of New York In 1664, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch Province of New Netherland was awarded by Charles II of England to his brother James, Duke of York. James raised a fleet to take it from the Dutch and the Dutch surrendered to the English fleet. The province was renamed for the Duke of York, as its proprietor. England seized (de facto) control of the colony from the Dutch in 1664, and was given sovereign control (de jure) in 1667 in the Treaty of Breda, and again in the Treaty of Westminster (1674). The colony was one of the Middle Colonies, and ruled at first directly from England. When James ascended to the throne of England as James II, the colony became a royal colony.