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.

Denby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Denby

Historical Forms

  • Denebi 1086 DB
  • Deneby(e) 1234 Fees 1237,c.1240 Darley 1243 Fees 1266 Darley 1395 Pat
  • Denneby 1236 Fees
  • Denby(e) 1308,1314 Pat 1330 Ass 1394 Cl

Etymology

'Village of the Danes', v. Dene , .