Yard Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ewhurst
Historical Forms
- Yerde 1583 Musters
- Yardland 1596 SrWills
- de Virga 1314 Rental
Etymology
Yard Fm (6″) is Yerde 1583 Musters, Yardland 1596 SrWills, and was the home of John de Virga (1314Rental ). This is the OE gierd , gyrd , a measure of land, probably about 30 acres or a quarter of a hide, hitherto not noted in place-names, except in south-west England. Cf. Yard (PN D 48).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Building Fm
- The Cobbetts
- Coneyhurst and Coneyhurst Hill (now Pitch Hill)
- Coverwood
- High Edser
- Ellen's Green and Fm
- Gadbridge
- Gravett Copse
- Losenersh
- Mapledrake Fm
- Northbreache Manor
- Song Hurst
- Pollingfold Fm
- Radnor Ho
- Rumbeams Fm
- Slithehurst Fm
- Somersbury Fm and Wood