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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.

Yorlwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Atlow

Historical Forms

  • Urlewike, Urlewyke 1259 FF 1260 Kniveton Ed1,1317 WollCh 1462 DbCh
  • Orlewic 1286 Brookhill
  • Hurlewyk 1376 Okeover
  • Erlewyke 1548 DbAxlv
  • Yorlewyke 1538 Okeover

Etymology

Yorlwick (lost), Urlewike , Urlewyke 1259 FF, 1260Kniveton , Ed 1, 1317WollCh , 1462 DbCh, Orlewic 1286Brookhill , Hurlewyk 1376Okeover , Erlewyke 1548 DbA xlv, Yorlewyke 1538 Okeover. Probably 'noblemen's dairy farm', v. eorl , wīc .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement