Farmanby
Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornton Dale
Historical Forms
- Farmanesbi 1086 DB
- Farmanebi, Farmaneby 1155–65 Whitby 1210 Dugdiv.318
- Farmanby Hy2 Leon4d 1155–67 YCh
- Feremannebi 1170 P
- Farmanneby 1225 Ebor 1242 P 1280 Ass
- Faremanby 1231 Ebor
- Fareman 12 Easby
Etymology
'Farman's farm' v. by . The ON pers. name Farmann , ODan Farman appears in OE as Færeman , the name of the priest who glossed the Rushforth Gospel of St John, and in ME as Fareman (12Easby 13).