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.

Yarlands

Other OS name in the Parish of Chickerell

Historical Forms

  • Yarland 1811 OS
  • Yearlings 1839 TA

Etymology

, Yarland 1811OS (placed ½ mile further W than modern name), Yearlings 1839TA , possibly ' strips used for ploughing ' , from ere- and land , cf. the f.n. Yearlands in Winfrith N . par . supra .