Yetminster
Major Settlement in the Parish of Yetminster
Historical Forms
- Etiminstre 1086 DB
- Eteminster 1091 Osm
- Eteministr(e) 1214 Cur 1226 Osm 1229 Pat 1244 Ass
- Etteministr' 1244 ib
- Edemenistr(e) 1200 P 1201 ChancR
- Edmenistr(e) 1201 P
- Etheminster, Etheministre c.1209 Sarum 1244 Ass
- Ethemenistre c.1226 Sarum
- Ethemynistr' 1244 Ass
- Geteministr(') 1226 Osm
- Gateministr(') 1243 HarlCh
- Yatemin(i)str(e), Yateminster c.1226 Sarum 1244 Ass 1314 Pat 1483 DCMDeed
- Yatemen(y)str(e) 1288 Ass 1331 Pat 1381 et freq
- Yatemunstre 1360 Cl
- Yatemystre, Yatemyster 1417 Fine 1559 Salis
- Yatemester 1474 AddCh
- Yttreminster 1250 Pap
- Yeteministr(e) 1252 Cl 1297,1318 Pat
- Yetemynystr' 1280 Ass
- Yetemen(y)stre 1297 Pat 1336 ib
- Yetemynstre 1320 ib
- Yetemyster 1454 Cl
- Yetminister' 1268 Ass
- Yetmester 1586 Batten
- Yetmyster, Yetmister 1586 ib
- Yetmister Episcopi 1677 Digby
- Hyetemenstre 1270 For
- Jatemin(i)str(e), Zotemin(i)str(e) (sic) 1291 Tax
- Iatemenstre 1337 Ipm
- Yatesministre, Yatesminster 1300 Ch 1391–3 ChR
- Yatteministre 1309 Drew
- Yattemenstre 1331 Pat
- Yathemenistre
- Iatmynstre 1316 FA
- Jatmystr' 1499 Ipm
- Yatministre, Yatmin(i)ster 1318,1327 Pat 1535–43 Leland
- Yatmynstr(e), Yatmynster 1337 Ipm 1368 Sher 1428 FA
- Yatmystr(e), Yatmyster, Yatmister 1380 Sher 1601 et freq
- Yatmester, Yatmestre 1427 1437 Pat 1585 Sher
- Yattmyster 1426 Sher
- Yeatmyster, Yeatmister 1551 Sher 1599 Gough
- Yettminster 1617 Pitt
Etymology
'Ēata's church', from the OE pers.n. Ēata (Redin 64, cf. Adber 3393) and mynster 'a large church'. The man in question may have founded or endowed the church, cf. Beaminster par. infra where the pers.n. is that of a woman. For the alternating forms in -e - and -a - from OE ēa and for the development of prosthetic y - [j], v. Phonol. An interesting folk etymology for this name, arising out of the similarity of the first el. to the local form y (e )ate from OE geat 'a gate' as in names like Verne Yeates 1220 and Woodyates 2271, is reported by Hutch1 2 467: 'it seems to be so called from some remarkable gate or pass here. Tradition says, that it was a principal gate into the forest of Blakemore' (v. Blackmoor Forest 3274). For the prebends of Yetminster Prima and Yetminster Secunda, v. Netherbury (lost) and Upbury Fm infra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Brister End
- Chetwold
- Chubb's Fm(lost)
- Cole's Lane
- The Cottage
- Cross Fm
- Cuckoo Hill
- Deep Lane (Fm)
- Downs Lane
- East Lane
- The Elm
- The Folly
- Ford Ho
- Gable Court
- Greystones
- Hamlet (Ho)
- Herbury Lane
- Higher Fm
- Hill Ho
- Holm Fm
- Horse Hill Lane
- Lower Fm
- Manor Ho
- Mill Fm
- Petties Fm
- Priors Cleave
- Railway Inn
- Rock Ho
- Ryme Lane
- St Andrew's Church
- Springfield
- Sunnyside
- Tark's Hill
- Thorny Copse
- Town's End
- Vicarage
- Whittle's Lane
- Woodville Lane
- Yetminster Mill
Field
- Alcove Gdn
- Hr Aller
- Almshouse Cmn
- Backerwell
- Barwicks Orchd
- Bassels
- Beer Hill Tail
- ( Gt ) Bingers
- ( Long ) Blacklands
- Bowbridge Md
- Broad Moor
- Chetenhill
- Chick Md
- Cockerland
- Colthay
- Furzey Common
- Common Cl
- Conagar ( Down )
- Conways Copse
- The Coppice
- Lt Copse Grd
- ( Gt ) Cowleaze Home Cowleaze & Inner Cowleaze
- Crate
- Dippetsway
- Dry Cl
- Earth Pit
- Easterfield
- 8 Acres
- Fishers Long Cl
- 5 Acres
- Green Flaxland & Ploughed Flaxland
- 4 Acres
- French Grass
- ( Lr ) Frogwell
- Fry Lake
- Furzy Close ( Md )
- Gallytrams
- ( Lt ) Godshepen
- ( Gt ) Ham Croft
- Han ( g ) ing Down
- Hardings Cmn
- Harris 's Md
- Headlands ( Orchd )
- Herbury
- Hr Hilly Cl & Lr Hilly Cl
- Holemoor
- Horns Grd
- Jeanes Lane
- Jesterfurlong
- Kennell Orchd
- Knights Cmn
- Lands
- Legs Md
- Lightening Plot
- Limingstone ( Md )
- Little Croft
- Little Mead
- Little Moor
- Gt Long Grd
- Long Md
- Man Md
- Marle Md
- Meadows
- Millis 's Fd
- Nether Close
- New Close
- New Grd
- ( 5 Acres ) North Fd
- Oatcroft
- Oldis Md
- Old Md
- Gt Orchard & Lt Orchard Inner Orchard Young Orchard
- Gt Parks
- Parson 's Md
- Pear Tree Plot
- ( Hr ) Peasehill
- Peel 's mead
- Pitt Cl
- Pleck
- Plot Orchd
- Pomers Md
- Puxey
- Quarry Down
- Reeds Orchd & Reeds Barton
- Red Gate
- Ry ( e ) lands
- Scotlands Cross
- Shittles ( Md )
- Smiths Acre Orchd
- ( Lr ) Staple Cross
- Hr Stoneylands & Lr Stoneylands
- Hr Sweets Md & Lr Sweets Md
- Sycamore Grd
- Taunton ( ' ) Md
- Teazle Plot
- Thorns
- Gt Thornshill & Lt Thornshill
- 3 Acres
- 3 Corner Cmn
- Tithewell
- Gt Trundle Md & Lt Trundle Md
- Tutshay Orchd
- 2 Acres
- Villhays
- Westover
- Woodlands Gate
- Backeshaie
- Barhay ( cotag ' voc ' Barhay )
- ( great ) Bidwell
- Bineland
- Blackbarne
- Bound lane
- Bounham
- Bowhaies mead
- Bradley ( close called Bradley )
- close called Breache
- Broadfurlonge
- Brode hay
- close called Buisshops Lynes
- the Buttes ( close called the Buttes )
- Calfe hay
- Chestreforlang '
- Clee pittes ( close called Clee pittes )
- Cleverlandes
- Clackhay
- Culver hayes
- Cutthay
- East ( close )
- Eastehaie
- Foote landes
- closes called Furlongs
- the great garden
- Godmeres croft mead
- Greeneclose Mead
- Greene hay
- Hegroue
- le Hempland
- close called Heychins
- Home Close
- Home Craft
- Hurrell Meade
- j acr ' in iland ' in Southmalde
- Kitwittes hay
- Kyngesleigh '
- terram … iuxta Lancher of
- Lehaies
- close called Lidcoke
- the litle close
- Little grove
- Longe close
- Langeclose
- Luttrells Farme
- Merrylands
- Netherhay
- Noverlande
- the Over closes
- Overhay
- ( Bigger ) Palmers Herne
- Presteswlle
- Redlandes
- Rogermeade
- Rough Hay
- Shoelane
- Shorteforlang '
- Smalemor '
- Sowth bere
- Stafford '
- Three Furlongs
- tenement ' vocat ' Twine wood ( e )
- Udalhayes ( lane )
- UpcerneMead
- Wastell 's Crofte
- the Watteringe place
- Waverlande
- Westafield
- Westehaie
- the wester garden
- the wester orcharde
- Netherwestlake
- Wheate close
- Whethams close
- claus ' voc ' Withes
- Wool ( l ) meade
- ( close called ) Worth
- Neytherwydelonde