In Old English this meant the wood or clearing (ley) where rods or twigs (gyrd') were got and it emphasizes that Yardley was a settlement in a woodland setting.
Only four signs for books and utensils used at the chapter house are included in this list: gehwaedne martirlogium [45, 'small martyrology'], Regol [46, 'the Rule'], gyrd [47, 'rod'] and swypa [48, 'scourge'].