jan 1, 1686 - yealand
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From Old English ?a-land, that is ‘land by water’, a word which gave rise to numerous place-names. In the instance quoted it may be a field name but that is not how it reads: 1686 <i>all the Yealand lying upon the further side of the Water of Wharf, </i>Conistone (RW7).
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