English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Derbyshire

Volume edited by : Cameron, Kenneth 1959

Historical Forms

  • Deorbyscire 1049 ASC late11th
  • Deorbi scire 1064 ASC 1121
  • Deorbyscire 1065 ASC late11th
  • Derbyscire, Derbyscyre 1086 DB
  • Derbi scire, Derbyscira, Derbyscire, Derebyschir' 1093 RegAnt
  • Derbisyria 1094–1114 Burton
  • Derbia scira 1109–14 Ch 1415
  • Derbiesc' 1130 P

Etymology

Later forms are without particular interest but cf. the forms for Derby infra 446. For the origin of the county v. Introduction xxxiv.