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.

South Yeo

Other OS name in the Parish of Alwington

Historical Forms

  • Yoe 1408 Exon
  • atte Ya 1330 SR

Etymology

is atte Yo 1375 ( nom loc . ) , Yoe 1408 Exon, and was the home of Ralph atte Ya (1330SR ) . ' At the water , ' v. supra 17–18 .