Twittens, Ginnels and Jitties

In December Mapping Urban Form and Society published a fascinating article exploring how language and mapping intersect in the names people use to refer to a ‘narrow walkway between buildings.’ In the UK these walkways or alleys might also be called a ‘passage’ ‘cut’, ‘entry’, ‘gennel’. ‘ginnel’, ‘jitty’, ‘snicket’ or ‘twitchel’. Which one of these terms is used is normally determined by where
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