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Survey of English Place-Names

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Yelling

Major Settlement in the Parish of Yelling

Historical Forms

  • G(h)ellinge, Gelinge 1086 DB
  • Gellinches Steph BM
  • Gillinge, Gyllinge 1218 FF 1219 For 1239 FF 1316 FA 1535 VE
  • Gillinges 1220 Fees333 1228 FF
  • Gilling, Gylling 1235 Cl 1253 BM 1278 FF 1299 BM 1308 Ipm 1324 1325 Cl 1343,1361 Ipm 1428,1485 FA 1535 VE
  • Gillingg 1276 RH 1303 FA
  • Gyllyngs 1333 FF
  • Yillyng 1344,1385 Cl
  • Illyng 1507 FF 1540 BM
  • Yellyng 1535 VE
  • Elyng 1535 VE
  • Gellyng al. Yellinge 1545 BM
  • Yelling al. Yeldyng 1569 FF
  • Yellinge al. Gillinge 1594 FF
  • Yealding al. Yealing 1601 FF

Etymology

One cannot go further with this name than Ekwall's explanation of it (PN in -ing 88) as from an OE  Gellingas (v. ingas ) a patronymic plural form, from a name *Giella , as a parallel to which he quotes the OGer  p.n. Gellingin .

Places in the same Parish

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