Record: York County Yorkshire Transcript Eborienc' Icon description three spired churches, two with crosses, two castles, gold decoration, stripy roofs, green roofs, walls with five gates Icons gates (multiple) decorated roofs decorated roofs decoration castles (multiple) churches with cross (mutliple)
Appearances red ink, within a cartouche Etymology OE weald (Angl wald), 'forest land' Translation Earlier editors appears as district name on Saxton's map of 1577 (Parsons) Early Maps york wold (Angliae Figura) Overwritten no Attested spelling Yorkes Wold 1551 NCWills