Yoke Cliffe
Other OS name in the Parish of Wirksworth
Historical Forms
- Ʒelcliff 1415 DuLaMB
- Yolclyff 1417 MinAcct
- Ʒolclyffegge 1420 CPG
- Yowclif Ege 1473 Rental
- Yowcliffe 1562 Lanc
- Yolcliff 1610 DuLa
- Yokecliffe 1640 CPG
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) , Ʒelcliff 1415DuLaMB , Yolclyff 1417MinAcct ,Ʒolclyffegge 1420CPG , Yowclif Ege 1473Rental , Yowcliffe 1562Lanc, Yolcliff 1610DuLa , Yokecliffe 1640CPG , perhaps ' yellowbank ' , v. geolu , clif . For the first element cf. Youlgreave supra 182 and for the development v. supra lii .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bage Mine
- Baileycroft Quarry
- Blind Lane
- Blundestone Wood
- Bolehill
- Boulderflats Mine
- Breamfield
- Brookwall
- Broxendale Fm
- Bunting Wood
- Coal Hills
- Dale Fm
- Dalefield Mine
- Dream Mine
- Flat Wood
- Gate Ho
- The Gilkin
- Godfreyhole
- Gorseybank
- Greymare Mine
- Hag Wood
- Hanson Fm
- Hardhurst
- Hob Hall and Hob Wood
- Holehouse Fm
- Homesford Cottage
- King's Lot
- Lempster Plantation
- Longway Bank
- Ludwell
- Malsters Venture Mine
- Malt Shovel
- The Moot Hall
- North End
- Oathill
- Oldgell's Mine
- Pitty Wood
- Pratthall Lane
- Ranter Mine
- Rantertackers Mine
- Ratchwood Mine
- Ravens' Tor
- Ravenstor Mine
- Sitch Mine
- Soggs Wood
- Sough Lane
- Speedwell Mine
- Spitewinter
- Stonebridge Fm
- Stoneycroft Quarry
- Summer Lane
- Tipper's Gorse
- Twentylands Mine
- Wash Green
- Water Lane
- Watfield Fm
- West End
- Willowbath Lane and Willowbath Mill
- Wirksworth Hall
- Wirksworth Moor
- Woodstock
- Yokecliffe Rake Mines
- Greenhill