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.

Yarmley

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandford

Historical Forms

  • Yarmeleg 1270 Ass
  • Yermelegh 1417 FF

Etymology

is Yarmeleg 1270Ass , Yermelegh 1417FF . v. leah . The first element may be OE  earm , ' poor, wretched . '