Prestby
Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby
Historical Forms
- Prestebi, Presteby 1086 DB 1345 Whitby
Etymology
'Priests' farm' v. preost , by . Cf. Norw Præstby (Rygh, NG i. 66). SD and the Memorial of the Foundation of Whitby Abbey (Whitby Cartulary, p. 1) both say that Prestebi was the old name of Whitby. But the above references and spellings show that the name was in use in the 12th cent., contemporaneously with Whitby, and certainly not to refer to the same area as Witebi .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Briggswath
- Flat Howe
- Grosmont
- Iburndale
- Lythe Beck
- Sleights
- Ugglebarnby
- Cock Mill
- Gnipe Howe
- Hawsker Bottoms
- Larpool Hall
- Ling Hill
- Rigg
- Saltwick
- Shawm Rigg
- Spital Bridge
- Stainsacre
- Whitby Laithes
- Dunsley
- Graystone
- Raithwaite
- Swarthoe Cross
- Ruswarp Carr
- Stakesby
- Upgang
- Airy Hill
- Baldby Fields
- Breck
- Church Street
- The Fitts
- Flowergate
- Sowerby
- Thingwall