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.

Parsonby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plumbland

Historical Forms

  • Personeby 1292 Ass 1332 SR
  • Personby 1338 Ass
  • Parsonby 1704 NicVisit

Etymology

“Parsonby , or the Parson's town; which is holden of the rector for the time being” (NB ii, 118).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement