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.

Ormesby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Oughterside and Allerby

Historical Forms

  • Ormesbye c.1227 HolmC 1230 Scotland 1370 Ipm
  • Ormisby 1308 ib

Etymology

'Orm 's .' The exact situation of this place is uncertain, but charters 200–3 in the Holm Cultram Cartulary imply that it was in the neighbourhood of Allerby or Newton. Cf. Hornsby supra 79.

Places in the same Parish