Girsby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sockburn
Historical Forms
- Grisebi, Griseby 1086 DB
Etymology
This name is either 'Gris's farm or village', ON pers.n. Gríss , genitive sing. Grísar , or 'pig farm', ON gríss 'young pig', genitive pl. grísa , + bȳ . Gríss is an original by-name from gríss . See PNYN 280, SSNY 28 and for the pers.n. SPNLY 109, SPNN 148.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Beverley Wood
- The Grey Stone
- Sockburn Fm, Sockburn Hall, Sockburn Wath
- White Houses
- Bolton Park Wood
- Liberty Gate, Liberty Lodge, Liberty Wood
- Soursike Gill
- Ashy Bank Wood
- Girsby Bridge, Girsby Scar, Girsby Wood
- Mill Houses, Mill Wood
- West Wood
- All Saints Church
- East Sockburn Fm
- Low Pettals
- Staindale, Staindale Beck, Staindale Bridge, Staindale Wood