Yearsley Family History
Yearsley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Yeardsley in Cheshire which is recorded as Erdeslee in 1347 and Hurdyslegh in 1370. The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Ēorēd (genitive Ēorēdes) or Old English hirde ‘herdsman’ (genitive hirdes) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. There may have been some confusion with Yardley .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022