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.

Thoresby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Toresbi 1086 DB
  • Thoresby 1184 RichReg

Etymology

'Thor's farm' from ON  Þórr and by.