Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• bosc' de Ʒolwham 1270 ChrP 1372

• bosci vocati Yolweham 1404 Ilch

• Yalweham 1427,1428 Weld1 1448 MinAcct

• Yelweham 1427,1428 Weld1

• Yoluham 1445 MinAcct

• Yeoloham Throte 1451 ib

• Yolowham 1457 Weld1

• Yolo(w)hamthrote 1457,1461 ib

• Yeleuham, Yelewham 1492,1494 Ilch

• Yalowham 1497 ib

• Yeolowham 1545 ib

• via regia (ducens a capite montis) vocat' Yellow(e)ham(e) Hill 1579,1625 Wal

• via apud Yelham Hill 1625 ib

• Yelham Wd, Yelham Heath 1842 TAMap

• the Wey whych ledyth betwen Pudeltowne and Dorchest' 1539 AOMB

Etymology

Yellowham Hill, Yellowham Wd (SY 733935) [ˈjæləm], bosc ' de Ʒolwham 1270 (1372) ChrP , bosci vocati Yolweham 1404Ilch , Yalweham 1427, 1428Weld 1, 1448MinAcct , Yelweham 1427, 1428Weld 1, Yoluham 1445MinAcct , Yeoloham Throte 1451ib , Yolowham 1457Weld 1, Yolo (w )hamthrote 1457, 1461ib , Yeleuham , Yelewham 1492, 1494Ilch , Yalowham 1497ib , Yeolowham 1545ib , via regia (ducens a capite montis ) vocat ' Yellow (e )ham (e ) Hill 1579, 1625Wal , via apud Yelham Hill 1625ib , Yellowham Wd 1839 Yelham Wd , Yelham Heath 1842TAMap .From geolu (wk. obl. geolwan ) 'yellow', and hamm 'enclosure'.'Yellow' may allude to the soil (sand and gravel pits are marked 6″) or to yellow flowers. The el. hamm may here mean 'cultivated plot in marginal land' as suggested by M. Gelling, NoB 48151–3, for various names in Ha, Brk and D; Yellowham is in high (400′) wooded country on the W edge of the par. 1 mile from the nearest stream (R. Piddle or Trent). Throte no doubt refers to the narrow cutting made through the hill by the Dorchester-Puddletown road (the Wey whych ledyth betwen Pudeltowne and Dorchest '1539AOMB ), v. þrote 'throat, passage', cf. Snail Creep in Stinsford par. infra .