Another Ousegate Alleyway.

A few days ago I showed one of the alleys from Ousegate, here is the other one that runs parralell with it and comes out into Peter Lane.

Peter Lane

Peter Lane at the junction of Market Street and Feasegate leads to two snickelways, both of which lead you into High Ousegate.

Snickelway - Shambles to Whip Ma Whop Ma Gate

This is probably York's shortest snickelway appropriately linking York's shortest street, Whip Ma Whop Ma Gate, with the Shambles.

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.