Youlthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bishop Wilton
Historical Forms
- Aiul(f)torp 1086 DB
- Hieltorp 12th Font
- Hiolt(orp) 12th,late12th ib
- Jol(l)etorp 1166 RBE
- Yolethorp 1368 FF 1398 ADiii
- Joelthorp, Joilthorp c.1175 Whitby
- Jolt(h)orp 1185–90 RegAlb c.1200 1204 FF 1228 Dugd
- Yolt(h)orp(e) 12th YD 1191–6 P 1202–8 Ass 1359 Ipm
- Yholtorp 1246 Ass
- Youlthorp(e) 1372 FF 1828 Langd
- Yulthorp 1399 YD
- Yeolthrop 1563 FF
Etymology
There is probably no etymological connexion between the DB spellings and the later ones, unless Aiul (f )- is a mistake for Hiul -. There are, however, other cases of a change of pers. name in compounds of thorpe after DB (cf. Ousethorpe infra 181). The DB forms probably therefore represent 'Eyjolf 's village.' The ME spellings contain a man's name Yole . This pers. name is probably a shortened form of OScand Jólgeirr or the like and it enters into Youlton (PN NRY 22), and Yawthorpe (L), Ioletorp DB, Yoltorp , Hioltorp 1212 Fees (p). A local example is found in the surname of William Yhole of Pocklington (1362Extent ).The h in some of the spellings is difficult to account for, but it might well be due to the influence of names like Shaps supra 95, Yapham infra 182, where h is etymologically correct but unstable in combination with the y (j ) that has arisen from shifting of stress. It may be noted that the form Yole , which exhibits OScand stress-shifting, would be a rather late borrowing from Scandinavian. On initial J cf. Yapham infra 182.