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Originally Posted by crich70
In the London of Holmes' time didn't they refer to mews and alleyways? I seem to remember Dr. Watson mentioning such in the story of The Empty House.
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Sure, those words are still in common use. An alleyway is a very narrow street. A "mews" is a dead- end street, originally leading to a block of stables behind houses, from the time when every house kept horses. These days, the old stables have almost all been converted into apartments.