Wynd
Type of street in Britain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Wynd (disambiguation).
In Scotland and Northern England, a wynd (/waɪnd/) is a narrow lane between houses. The word derives from Old Norse venda ("to turn"), implying a turning off a main street, without implying that it is curved.[1] In fact, most wynds are straight. In many places wynds link streets at different heights and thus are mostly thought of as being ways up or down hills.