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Survey of English Place-Names

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Yeldon

Other OS name in the Parish of Symondsbury

Etymology

( Kelly ) , close called Yeldon 1676Ilch , 1839TA , Yeldons or Woodburys ib , probably ' old hill ' , that is ' long-cultivated hill ' , from eald and dūn , v. PN D lviii .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement