Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• on Eoferwicscire, Eoforwicscire 1055–64,1066–9 YCh87–9 1065 ASC
• Eboracensis(c)ira, Eboracensischira 1061–5 YCh11 1089–95 RegAlbi,62 12 RegAlbi,36d
• Eboracsira 1156 RBE
• Eboraciskire 1158 YCh1159
• Eboraciscira Hy2 Ch 1294
• Eborwicsira 1212–17 RBE
• Eueruuicscire, Everuuicscire, Everwic(h)sira, Everwik(e)sira, Everwyksira, Everwic(h)scyre, Everwik(e)scyre, Everwykscyre Wm1 LVD50d 1089–1112 Selby 1100 YCh 1100–8 RegAlbii,5d 1279 Dunelm
• Euruicscire, Eurewicscire 1086 DB
• Euroicsira 1066–90 PatR 1433
• Ewerwic(h)scir', Ewervikesir' 1165,1168 P 1199 ChR
• le Counte(e) d(e) Everwike, le Counte(e) d(e) Euerwike, le Counte(e) d(e) Euerwyk 1347 Calv 1412 Furn 1416,1456 Fount
• York(e)shir(e), York(e)schyre, York(e)sheir 14 Chaucer 1455 Testii 1483 NCWills 1610 M
• Yowrkshyr 1513 Testv
• the Shire of Yorke 15 YDix
• the counte(e) of York(e), the countie of York(e) 1455 YDxvii,120 1456 Fount 1546 YChant

Etymology

On the name York v. YE 275, Jackson 39, 655; it is the British p.n. Eburācon 'estate of Eburos', adapted to Eoforwīc by the Anglo-Saxons and York by the Vikings, v. scīr 1 . The county was already divided into its three Ridings by the time of the DB survey; cf. Introd. 64–5supra .