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.

Yellowford

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorverton

Historical Forms

  • Yaldeford t.Ed1 Deed
  • (H)olleforde 1301 Exon
  • Yalleford 1306 Ass
  • Yoldeford 1333 SR

Etymology

is Yaldeford t. Ed 1Deed , (H )olleforde 1301 Exon, Yalleford 1306Ass , Yoldeford 1333SR (all p) . ' Old ford , ' cf. Introd. xxxiii .

Places in the same Parish