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Survey of English Place-Names

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Yews Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Darfield

Historical Forms

  • Thewes, Þewes als. Glewhouse 1687 Bright
  • View(s) 1771,1817 M 1822 Langd

Etymology

, Thewes , Þewes als. Glewhouse 1687Bright 638, View (s )1771, 1817 M, 1822 Langd , ' the Views which isthe local pronunciation of the Yews ' 1828 Hnt ii, 290 , v. þe , īw ' yew-tree ' , cf . The Yews 241supra , Glewhouse f.n. infra .