define 'ginnel'........ define 'snicket'.....nt

Thought they were the same. A narrow alleyway!

 

mebbee...

seems that maybe a ginnel is an alleyway between houses and it may have a roof.... as in a bedroom of one of the houses that is separated by the ginnel....

 

jinnel.... gennel.....nt

 

Ginnel...

is an alleyway wide enough to accommodate a small cart or car. Pontefract is known as the 'town of ginnels,' most of which were 'unadopted' back entrances for deliveries to small businesses and shops. So, Ropergate would have had rope merchants workshops and their shops facing the street. The ginnels provided the access to the workshops, or stores. It has come to mean any alleyway that size, whether for business or residential use.

A snicket is not wide enough for a small cart/car, but wide enough for a couple of 'choppers,' mountain bikes and just about for my mother in law (with care and a police escort.)ff

 

To me they are:

Ginnel - alley way with walls at the side
Snicket - alleyway with privet at the side

If that makes sense

 

coarsey edge?

define that

 

Ginnel - alley way with walls at the side
Snicket - what Freddie hopes the Aussie batsmen will do next winter

 

Is'nt a ginnel a sort of a passage and was'nt the coronation st. team going to name a ginnel after "Alf Roberts", and to have it called Alfs back passage.ff ff ff ff ff

 

RE: coarsey edge?

It's the pavements edging stone

 

ginnel were a place to have a touch up with your latest conquest when i were a mere lad . snicket were the thing you were after getting your hands on (memories) wonderful .... (dancin)

 

snicket..more of a rural feel to it doesnt it, in towns its

back passages ooh, and alleys

 

That'll do me. Very much agree with that Cazi.

 

comes from causey (causeway) meaning pavement and is the edge i.e the curb

 

is a gennel (Jennel) the same as a ginnel aswell