Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Yhevill 1290 Ipm

• Yevel 1370 Plea 1632 Orm2

• Yevelie, Yeverleye, Yevell 1561 Tab

• Yehull 1335 ChRR 1337 AddCh

• Yoile 1470 Chol 1491 Sheaf 1559,17,1671 ib

• Yoyle 1491 1632 ib

• the Yoyle 1607 Sheaf

• Yoyll 1491 ib

• Yoyell 1527 ChRR 1592 Plea 1528 1530 Orm2 1632

• Yoyoll 1528 Plea 1632 Orm2

• Yovle 1506 Sheaf

• The Yeyll 1570 Sheaf

• The Yiel, The Yeil 1693 ib

• Yowley by Mallpas 1580 Sheaf

• Hall of Yowley 1610 ib

• Ylough 1610 Sheaf

• Yoleiw 1610 Sheaf

• Yewlowe, Hall of Yelow 1613 Sheaf

• The Yeoile or Isle Farm 1662 Chol

• the Hile 1676 Sheaf

• Isle Farm 1662 Chol

• Isle 1722 Sheaf

• The Hie 1746 Sheaf

Etymology

'Yew-tree hill', from īw and hyll , with hall and ferme . Final hyll in unstressed position has been confused with lēah . The identification of these forms is worked out in Sheaf3 31 (7144–5, 7165).