Snickleways

Snickleways is a term invented by Mark W Jones a former Rowntree board director in his book "Walk Around The Snickleways of York". It is a combination of the York dialect word "snicket" and alleyways. Above and below are examples of some of the "snickleways" you will find in York. Top picture is the passageway from Goodramgate into Bedern, below it is the link from Petergate to Swinegate and at the bottom of the page is the link from St. Sampson's Square to Swinegate. There is another passage that runs almost parallel linking to Little Stonegate called Nether Hornpot Lane.

At the time that the book became popular the "Anglers Arms" in Goodramgate changed it's name to the "Snickleways Inn". There are numerous passages like these in York making the book a worthwhile purchase if you are coming to York for a visit.