Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Normanesbi 1086 DB

• Normannesby 1208 Cur

• Normanebi 1086 DB c.1200 RAiv

• Normaneby 1190 Dugdvi 1301 Cur 1223 Fees 1242–43 Pat 1338

• Normanabi 1150–60 Dane

• Normannebi 1150–60 R1 Spaldi c.1331 RAiv c.1200 P 1204 Cur 1205,1206 Ass 1206 Cur 1207 Ass 1218 HarlCh Hy3

• Normanneby 1199 Ch 1330 HarlCh John Ass 1202 FF 1210 RAiv 1230–40

• Normanneb' c.1200 ib

• Nordmanabi c1115 LS

• Northmannebi c.1200 RAiv

• Normanb' l12 RAiv

• Normanbi 1200 Spaldi c.1330 HarlCh e13 RAiv e13 P 1209 RAiv 1200 Fees 1212

• Normanbia 1212 ib

• Normanby 1192–1205,e13 RAiv 1205 Abbr 1231 FF 1242–43 Fees 1250 FF 1254 ValNor 1267 ADii 1269 FF 1275,1276 RH 1282 Ipm 1288 Ass 1291 Tax 1303 FA

• Normanbye 1576 Saxton 1610 Speed

• Normanbie 1576 LER

• Normanby iuxta Claxby 1329 Cor 1375,1383 Peace 1597 Foster

• Normanby juxta Claxby 1506–7 Lanc 1697 Terrier

• Normanbie iuxta Claxbie 1626 Yarb

• Normanby next Claxby 1620 ib

• Claxbynormanby 1369 FF

• Normanby juxta Castrum 1343 NI

• Normanbey on the Hyll 1563 BT

• Normanby on ye hill 1664,1674,1724 Terrier

• Normanby upon the Hill 1665 Dixon 1688 Foster

• Normanbie sup' montem 1601 Terrier

• Normanbye super montem 1588 BT

• Normanby sup montem 1636 Foster

• Normanby super montem 1666 VL

• Normanby super Montem 1762 Terrier

• Normanby super Waldam 1294 RSu

• Normanby on the Wolds 1824 O 1828 Bry 1832 Gre 1852 Yarb

Etymology

Three of the early spellings with medial -es - suggest that the first el. is the OE  pers.n. Norðmann , well-evidenced in DB, Feilitzen 331–32, but all the rest indicate that the name is from the gen.pl. and means 'the farmstead, village of the Northmen or Norwegians', v. Norðmann , bȳ , as suggested by Ekwall, DEPN s.n. and Fellows-Jensen, SSNEM 60–61. The latter points out that the name indicates an isolated settlement of Norwegians. The same name occurs three times in LWR. Normanby is described as near Claxby, Caistor, on the Hill and on the Wolds, v. wald .