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.

Yorsdale

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Yasdale 1771 M
  • Yostril 1794 PRGis
  • Yostall 1847 TA

Etymology

, Yasdale 1771 M, Yostril 1794et freq PRGis, Yostall 1847TA , possibly ' sheepfold hill ' , v. eowestre , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site