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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Yews

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • (The) Ewes 1539,1592 SheffMan 1817 M
  • Viewtrees 1650 WillS
  • Yews 1771 M

Etymology

, (The ) Ewes 1539, 1592 SheffMan, 1817 M, Viewtrees 1650 WillS, Yews 1771 M , v. īw ' yew-tree ' , which often has the spelling view in late sources , cf. Yews Fm 295 , Yew Tree ii, 264 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name