Yorfalls
Early-attested site in the Parish of Levisham
Historical Forms
- Yorcfal 1335 ForP
Etymology
Yorfalls was an enclosure in the Forest of Pickering. The second element is ON fall, 'place where trees have been felled.'The first is possibly adopted from the city of York or, as Dr Lindkvist suggests, may be the ON pers. name Jórekr .