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.

Yarde

Early-attested site in the Parish of Malborough

Historical Forms

  • la Verge 1228 FF
  • Virga, Alwyneston cum Virga 1303 FA
  • atte Yurd 1330 SR
  • Yarde 1566 Recov

Etymology

v. Yard supra 48.