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.

Yarmshaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Howden

Historical Forms

  • Yarnshaw 1612 YAJxix

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Yarnshaw 1612 YAJ xix . Probably ' eagle wood , ' v. earn , sceaga .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement