English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Yearlstone

Other OS name in the Parish of Tiverton

Historical Forms

  • Yorliston 1330 SR

Etymology

is Erleston 1249 ( p ) . Yorliston 1330SR (p) . ' The earl's farm ' or ' Eorl 's farm , ' v. tun . The Redvers , earls of Devon , held the manor of Tiverton from the 12th cent .