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Yells Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Shareshill

Historical Forms

  • le held 1562 Ct
  • The Yell 1834 O 1841 TA

Etymology

, le held 1562Ct ,The Yell 1834 O, 1841TA , yell being a local dialectal variant of yeld from helde ' slope, declivity ' .