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.

Yard

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rose Ash

Historical Forms

  • Hierda 1086 DB
  • Yerde 1242 Fees784
  • Hyurde 1275 RH
  • la Yurde, la Yerde 1292 Ipm
  • Yurdecola juxta Nymeton Epī 1345 Ass

Etymology

v. Yard supra 48. The identity of Cola is unknown.