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 Hill, Yorkley

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Yarkle grounds 1669 Comm
  • Yark(e)leye 1338 Ipm 1481 FF
  • Yorkeley wall 1628 Comm

Etymology

York Hill, Yarkle grounds 1669Comm , Yorkley, Yark (e )leye 1338 Ipm, 1481FF , Yorkeley wall 1628Comm . The first el. is possibly the same as in Yartleton (192supra ), v. hyll , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement