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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.

Yardley Hastings

Major Settlement in the Parish of Yardley Hastings

Historical Forms

  • Gerdelai 1086 DB 1155–8 Ch 1329
  • Gerdele t.Ric1 BM 12th Survey
  • Gerdeleia 1314 Ch
  • Gerdeley 1374 Cl
  • Jerdele 1220 Fees 1348 Ipm
  • Jerdele Est 1230 P(CR)
  • Jerdele Hastinges 1316 FA
  • Zerdeley Hastinges 1428 FA
  • Jordele 1273–6 Ipm
  • Yardele 1314 Ch

Etymology

v. Yardley Gobion supra 108. East to distinguish from that place. The family of Hasting (es ) is first mentioned in connection with the manor in 1250 (Cl).