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.

Yew

Other OS name in the Parish of Emley

Historical Forms

  • Yew Farm 1699 Bretton

Etymology

, 1771 M , Yew Farm 1699Bretton 105 , v. īw ' yew-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site