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.

Sewerby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bridlington

Historical Forms

  • Siuuarbi 1086 DB
  • Siuuardbi 1086 DB
  • Siuuardbi, Siuuardby 13th Bridl
  • Siwardbi 1086 DB 1188 Bridl 1276 RH 1411 YD
  • Siwardebi, Sywardebi, Sywardeby, Syuuardeby 12th YD t.Hy2 BM 1355 Ipm
  • Sewardeby early13th,1221,1266 Nunkeel 1304 YI
  • Severby 1205 Cur
  • Sewerby 1552 FF
  • Sewarby 1554 YD
  • Seuerdby, Sewerdby c.1265 KF 1423 Baildon
  • Suardby c.1270 YD 1333 SR 1364 Pat
  • Sureby 1569,1590 FF
  • Suerby 1650 ParlSurv 1695 Morden

Etymology

'Siward 's farmstead,' from OScand  Sigvǫrðr , ODan  Siward (cf. NP 118) and by. v. Addenda lix.

Places in the same Parish