DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 7 I 



Wye (River)— C. gwy, wy — fluid, liquid, water. 



"Wye Dale. — For the first element of this name, see Wye, river, supra. 



Dale is from the N. dalr, AS. dal — a valley or dale. The dale of the 



water or river. 

 Yeldersley.— (D.D.B. Geldeslei.) — The first element in the name is from 



the A.S. yeldo — cranes. The postfix is the A.S. leah — a field, meadow, 



land. The meadow or land of the cranes. 

 Youlgreave. — (D.D.B. Giolgrave.) — A.S. giolu, geolo — yellow, and also 



used as a personal name, and A.S. grasf — a grave, sepulchre, cave; — the 



yellow cave or Youl's sepulchre. 



