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.

Yelloways

Other OS name in the Parish of West Down

Historical Forms

  • Oldewaye 1549 Pat

Etymology

is Oldewaye 1549 Pat . For the modern form v. Introd. xxxiii .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement