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.

High & Low Yews

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Yew(e)s 1535 Kendii,97 1669 PR 1708 EnclA 1815

Etymology

, Yew (e )s 1535 (1669) Kend ii, 97, 1708 PRet freq to 1815EnclA , v. īw ' yew-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site