a1525 ( (1908) II. 446 Their plum house by þe well-yarde yate.
1795 J. Woodforde 11 Feb. (1929) IV. 173 The Water in the ditch..was up to the upper Cant-Rail of the Pales which separates the slope Garden from the Well-Yard.
2008 C. Berg 256 I stepped forward.., my ears on the dribbling conduit that piped water from the well yard.