jan 1, 1576 - alley
Description:
The passage between the pews in a church. The OED says ‘Still used in the north. In the south corruptly replaced by aisle’: 1535 <i>To bee beryed ... in the myddeth allaye before the picture of the crosse</i>, Halifax (Clay102); 1540 <i>in mide alley nyght </i>[sic]<i> unto the quere dower</i>, Halifax (Clay134); 1576 <i>glasse wyndows about the alles of the Mynster,</i> York (SS35/116).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1576
Now
~ 449 years ago