The five bar gate was the gates that replaced the turn pike - turnstyles of the turnpikes after they would be often jumped by highwaymen. There is a great etching of Dick Turpin leeping a five bar gate on his mare, Black Bess, who died before he did, much to his sorrow. Anyone with knowlege - well more than that, knows of proof of Turpin surviving his hanging, please post here, any Romanichale decendants of Turpin on Mudcat?
Larry