Bonby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bonby
Historical Forms
- Bundebi 1086 DB 1200 ChR 1212 Fees 1219 Ass
- Bundeby 1228,1229 Cl 1230 Welles 1231 Cl 1232 FF 1291 Fine 1291 Orig
- Bondebi c.1115 LS 1156–84 YChii l12 Dane 1200 ChR 1211 P 1238–43 Fees 1268 FF
- Bondeby 1200 CartAnt 1208 FF 1221 AD 1230 P 1242–3 Fees 1247 Lib 1247 Cl 1254 ValNor 1256 FF 1535 VEiv
- Bondeby alias Bondby 1461 Fine
- Bondeby juxta Wolfrikby 1316 Orig
- Bondeby “by” Worliby 1366 Cl
- Bondby 1294 Ass 1317 Ipm 1342,1344,1347 Pat 1385 Peace 1402 Cl 1723 SDL
- Bondby alias Bondeby 1451 Fine
- Bondbye 1536–7 Dugdvi
- Bondbey 1577 Yarb
- Bondbie 1580 1601,1606 Terrier
- Boundeby 1474,1475,1478 Pat
- Bowndbye 1545 LPxx
- Bonby 1383 Cl 1428 FA 1455 Cl 1530 Willsiii
- Bonbe 1526 Sub
- Bonbye 1553 Pat 1576 Saxton 1579 Terrier 1610 Speed
- Bonbie 1562–7 LNQv 1576 LER 1582 Yarb 1611 Terrier
- Bonby otherwise Bondby 1827 Brad
- Bodebi 1086 DB
Etymology
According to Ekwall (DEPN s.n.) this is 'Bondi's farmstead, village', v. bȳ , the first el. being the ON pers.n. Bóndi , ODan Bundi .The pers.n. is very common in England, but it is comparatively rare in L as compared, for instance, with Nf, where it is extremely frequent (v. Insley 198–218). However, an alternative interpretation is to take the first el. as the gen.pl. of the Scandinavian appellative bondi , bunde 'a farmer, a peasant proprietor', from which the pers.n. is itself derived. No certainty is possible since the gen.sg. of the pers.n. and the gen.pl. of the appellative would give identical forms in ME. Given the comparative infrequency of the name in L, Insley (ib . 217) believes that Bonby represents an OSc Bōndaby which he translates 'the village of the peasant proprietors' and compares this with the p.n. Bondeby in Denmark and Sweden. A meaning 'Bondi's farmstead, village', however, must remain a possible alternative.
It should be noted that the form Bodebi 1086 DB f. 363a may well refer to Bonby.