Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (æt) Vrmesbyg 1066–68 ASWills c.1200

• Ormesbi 1086 DB 1086 c.1115 LS 1164 Riev 16 RBE 1166 P 1177 LAASv c.1189 CartAnt 1199 ChR 1199 RAii l12 Kirk l12 Ass 13th P 1202 Cur 1204 Ass 1205 1218

• Ormesby 1147–66 Gilb 1409 Gilb 1150–60 Gilb 1409 Gilb eHy2 Gilb 1409 Gilb 1160–66 Gilb 1409 Ch a1170 Gilb 1409 FF c.1170 Pat 1409 RAii Hy2 Cur 1409 Ass Hy2 FF 1314 Cur c.1260 Ch 1409 Pat 1210 RAiii 1217 Cl c.1218 Sub 1219 1219 1222 1223,1224 1227 1228 1229 1229,1230,1231 1526

• Ormesby iuxta Ludeburgh' 1289 Ass

• Ormesb' 1178–83 YChxii c.1250 Fees 1238–41

• Ormesbe 1538 LPxiii

• Ormesbie 1552 Pat

• Ormysby 1428 FA 1457 Pap

• Hormesbi 1212 Fees

• Hormesbia 1212 ib

• Ormesby Monialium 1293 FF

• Noneormesby 1376 Pat

• Noneormesbye 1516 AOMB 1545 Pat 1552

• Nonneormesbye 1545 LPxx 1551 Pat

• Nonne Ormesby 1538 AOMB 1548 Pat

• Nunormesby 1386 Peace 1477 Hasti 1498 Ipm 1531 Willsiii 1554 Pat

• Nun Ormesby 1399 Pap 1768 Harm

• Nune Ormesby 1535 VEiv

• Nunnormesbye 1553 Pat

• Nunnormesbye 1560,1565 ib

• Nuneormesbye 1552 PrState 1558 Pat

• Nunormesbie 1556 InstBen 1562 Pat a1567 LNQv 1576 LER

• Nunormisbe 1606 BT

• Nunormsby 1678,1713 ib

• Nun Ormsbye 1538–39 Dugdvi

• Nun Ormsby 1662,1725,1757 ib

• Nuns Ormesby 1424 IBL

• Northormesby 1355 FF 1373,1374,1376 Peace 1437 Cl

• North Ormesby 1328 Banco 1438 Cragg 1467 WillsPCC 1610 Speed 1671 BT

Etymology

'Orm's farm, village', v. bȳ , the first el. being the ON  pers.n. Ormr , ODan  Orm . The earliest reference shows contamination by OE  *Wyrm , cf. J. Insley, Ortnamnssällskapets i Uppsala Årsskrift 1987 49 for OE  *Wyrm , which forms the first el. of Ormston La, hitherto taken to contain ODan  *Urm . It is Nun from the Priory of Gilbertine nuns, founded in the 12th century, and North in contrast to South Ormsby LSR.