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> On 6. Aug 2019, at 11:15, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Typically? In some parts of the world, maybe. In others, not so much. Of
> the three I
> can think of in my town, none have names.
>
> Side-note. Those three alleys give access to the rear gardens of the houses
> either
> side of the alleys. Most have a garage at the rear accessed via the alley
> (with no room
> at the front of the building for a garage). Given the age of most of the
> buildings they serve,
> the late 1800s, none of those alleys would have been intended to provide
> access to
> garages.
I may have been misguided here, but to me any narrower pathway in a settlement
would be suitable for the alley tag. Like those in the pictures here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley
These are very typical for historic centres (often much older than late 19th
century).
Cheers Martin
(not speaking about north american alleys)
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