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.

Aldby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cleator

Historical Forms

Aldeby 1278,1279 Ass

(H)aldeby 1279 ib

Oalby 1697 Caine

Aldby, or Oldby 1783 CaineCl

Etymology

'Old bȳ,' v. (e)ald.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Cleator