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.

Normanby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Normanby

Historical Forms

  • Normanebi, Normaneby 1086 DB c.1200 For 1204 Pat 1433
  • Northmannabi c.1130 SD
  • Normnebi 1167 P
  • Normanby 1147–61 YCh 1154–89 MaryH6d
  • North(e)manby 1285 KI 1301 LS
  • Normannebi 1308 Ch

Etymology

'Village of the Norwegians' from OE  Norþman (gen. plur.

Norþmanna ) and by . v. Introduction xxvi.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site