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.

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 .