This passage leads to the remains of the oldest dwelling house left in York. It has been dated from the few surviving bits of masonry to
around 1180 making it a Norman House. The courtyard at the end of the passage was restored in 1969 by the York Civic Trust.
I've been wondering what a ginnel is and now I know; something I have always loved but didn't know the it even had a special word to call it by. So . . . your post finally got my lazy self to look up the word.
I've been wondering what a ginnel is and now I know; something I have always loved but didn't know the it even had a special word to call it by. So . . . your post finally got my lazy self to look up the word.
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