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.

Yarhampton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Astley

Historical Forms

  • Yarranton 1558 Wills
  • Yallington 1667 FF

Etymology

There is a form Sardhamtone in the 1275 Subsidy Roll, which may

possibly be a blunder for Yardhampton or it may refer to Sandhampton , not

found on the map but recorded in Kelly's Directory (1892).