snickelway
A narrow alley between buildings.
Soak up the city's history while exploring its maze of ancient streets and snickelways (hidden alleyways); you can get everywhere on foot and see many attractions in just a day.
Where it comes from
Blend of snicket + ginnel + alleyway. Coined by Mark W. Jones in 1983 in his book A Walk Around the Snickelways of York.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry snickelway (CC BY-SA 4.0).