Aislaby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitby
Historical Forms
- Asulue(s)bi 1086 DB
- Assulueby 1215 ClR
- Asolvebi 1222–7 Whitby
- Aselby c.1300 Whitby 1339 Pat
- Assulby 1487 Ipm
- Ayslabye 1556 NCyWills
Etymology
'Asulf's farm' v. by . ON Ásulfr (LindN) occurs independently in English as Asulf , Asolf on OE coins (NP) and in the Yorkshire DB as Asulf , Asul .
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
- Prestby
- Sowerby
- Thingwall