Dromonby
Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirby in Cleveland
Historical Forms
- Dragmalebi 1086 DB
- Tromundesbi c.1150 Godr
- Dromundby c.1190 Fount
- Dromundebi, Dromundeby 1190–1210 YCh 1310 Ch
- Dromondby 1371 Baildon
- Dromonby 1285 KI 1665 Visit
Etymology
'Dromund's farm' v. by . The first element is the OWScand pers. name Drómundr (LindBN), found as the surname of Henr .Dromund (Guis ii. 302) in Y. The normal gen. in ON would be Drómundar , so that the above spellings without any trace of the gen. suffix -r may arise from OEScand loss of -r - before a consonant (v. IPN 61–2) in such compounds. Cf. Romanby 210infra . The DB form is curious. It cannot be brought into relation with the later forms. It should not, however, be dis- missed as a mere mistake. In BCS 1052 a man named Dragmel occurs among other Northern witnesses to a Yorkshire charter of King Edgar. Evidently Dromonby was in the possession of one Dragmel before it passed to Drómundr . The Dragmel may even be identical with the witness named above.