Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Yarborough Camp 1824 O 1828 Bry 1842 White

• Yerborowe Hill 1536 LPxi

• yarbarrow Hill 1601 Terrier

• Yarbrough Hill 1601 ib

• yearbrough hill 1631,1634 ib

• Yarborough hill 1664 ib

• Yarbrow Hill 1690 ib

• Two mile west of Thornton is a great roman camp call'd Yarborough which surveys the whole hundred denominated from it 1724 Stukeley

• Fort Hills 1697 Pryme

Etymology

YARBOROUGH CAMP, Yarborough Camp 1824 O, 1828 Bry, 1842 White, Yerborowe Hill 1536 LP xi, yarbarrow Hill 1601Terrier , Yarbrough Hill 1601ib , yearbrough hill 1631, 1634ib , Yarborough hill 1664ib , Yarbrow Hill 1690ib , Two mile west of Thornton is a great roman camp call 'd Yarborough which surveys the whole hundred denominated from it 1724 Stukeley. It is called Fort Hills 1697 Pryme. This must have been the site of the meeting place of Yarborough Wapentake (for which see early forms and etymology), which takes its name from it. It is described as a “small, possibly Iron Age fort”, v. Jeffrey May, Prehistoric Lincolnshire , 1976, p. 182. On a Plan, c.1810Yarb 4/11/1, the next field to the Camp is called Brough Hill Plot for which cf. Burghil 1240, m13HarlCh , Broughe Hill 1577Terrier , brough hyl 1662Terrier , Brough Hill gate 1690Terrier , Brough hill Gate 1707Terrier , broughill Gate 1769Terrier , brough Hill Gate 1762Terrier , 'the hill with a fortification', v. burh , hyll , with gata 'a road, way'.