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.

Skegby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Skegby

Historical Forms

  • Schegebi 1086 DB
  • Sceggebi(a) 1174,1182 P
  • Scegebi c.1175 Wollaton 1179 P
  • Scheggeby 1208 FineR
  • Sceggeby 1230 P
  • Scegeby 1289 Ebor
  • Schegkeby 1343 Ass
  • Skekebi 1199 FF
  • Skeggeby 1221–30 Fees 1223 Pat 1242 Fees 1275 RH 1278,1334 FF 1287 For 1296 Ipm
  • Skegeby 1227 Ch 1229 Pat
  • Skeggetby 1227 Ebor
  • Skegheby 1242 Fees 1287 For
  • Skegby 1302 FA
  • Skegbye in Shirwode 1502 FF
  • Skigby 1607 ib
  • Skebbe 1539 LP

Etymology

'The by of Skeggi ,' a Scandinavian personal name meaning literally 'the bearded one.' in Shirwode to distinguish from Skegby in Marnham infra 190.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site