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Survey of English Place-Names

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Yeld Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Baslow and Bubnell

Historical Forms

  • Yeald Wood 1840 O

Etymology

Yeld Wood (6″), Yeald Wood 1840 O, cf. (le ) Held 1355 DbA xxii, c. 1386 DbA xxiii. 'The slope', v. helde ; cf. The Yeld supra 34, for the modern form.