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A wynd () is typically a narrow lane between houses. The name is frequently encountered in towns and villages in Scotland and Northern England. The word derives from Old Norse ''venda'', implying a turning off a main street, without implying that it is curved. 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. There are many wynds in North Yorkshire and County Durham, such as "Bull Wynd" in Darlington and Lombards Wynd in Richmond, North Yorkshire.〔http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=wynd+richmond&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl〕 The Old Town of Edinburgh had many wynds, such as St. Mary's Wynd, Blackfriars Wynd and Niddry Wynd, until Victorian street improvements in the 19th century led to their being widened and renamed "streets". 〔C McKean, Edinburgh, Portrait Of A City, Century Ltd, London 1991, p.192, ISBN 0 7126 3867 9〕 In the East Neuk fishing village of Pittenweem in Fife, all walking connections between the shore and the raised beach—apart from the road down to the harbour—are wynds, namely: West Wynd, Calman's Wynd, Bruce's Wynd, School Wynd, Water Wynd and Cove Wynd. Whilst Cove Wynd does have a cave on it (St Fillan's Cave), Calman's Wynd is not, as assumed, derived from coal. On North Carolina’s Bald Head Island the main roads are referred to as wynds, such as North, South and West, Bald Head Wynd and Stede Bonnet Wynd and Edward Teach Wynd.〔https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=&q=bald+head+island&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x8900abb02c4407bd:0x71613f6c07e96e0,Bald+Head+Island,+NC&gl=us&ei=t_NLUZyiNcXF4APfu4GwBg&ved=0CM4BELYD〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wynd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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