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.

Baldby Fields

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Baldebi, Baldeby 1086 DB 1133,1155–65 Whitby 1280 Ass

Etymology

'Baldi's farm' from the ON  pers. name Baldi (LindN) and by. For the site v. Whitby Cartulary 118, n. 9.