Yarm
Major Settlement in the Parish of Yarm
Historical Forms
- Gerou (sic), Iarun 1086 DB
- Jarum 12 Guis 1198 Abbr 1369 FF
- Yarum 1182 Guis 1198 Fount 1342 Test 1354 FF 1407–19 YI 1436 NCyWills
- Garum 1218 FF
- Jarrom 1234 Pat
- Yarom 1285 KI 1429 NCyWills 1464 Test 1470 RichWills
- Yarm(e) 1300 YI 1530 Visit
Etymology
From OE gearum , the dative plural of OE gear (found in the compound mulen-gear BCS 984), 'a yair , a pool for catching fish' (cf. Ekwall, PN in -ing 95 note). Yarm is on the river Tees and the name denotes 'fish pools.'
Places in the same Parish
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