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.

Youldon

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbots Bickington

Historical Forms

  • Yaldedon 1249 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Yaldedon 1249Ass . ' Old hill , ' i.e . ' long under cultivation , ' cf. Youlden supra 79 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement