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.

York Road

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sledmere

Historical Forms

  • Yorkestret 13th Byland

Etymology

York Road (6″) is Yorkestret 13thByland ; it is the name of a Roman road from York. v. stræt .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement