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.

Wragby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fylingdales

Historical Forms

  • Wrauby 1344 Test
  • Wragby 1476 Test 1540 Whitby

Etymology

'Wragi's farm' from the ODan  pers. name Wraghi (Nielsen), found as the first element of ODan  Wraghæthorp and of Wrawby (L), Waragebi DB, and Wragby (YWR), Wraggeby 1308 WCR. v. by . The g in this name is purely a spelling survival.