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.

Yeardsley cum Whaley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • Hirdeslewaylie 1348 MinAcct
  • (vill' de) Urdeslegh Waylegh 1358 ib
  • Yerdesley Wayley 1620 Surv
  • Hurdesle et Wayley, Yurdesle et Wayley 1400 et freq