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.

Thoralby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirby Grindalythe

Historical Forms

  • Turodebi 1086 DB
  • Thoraldebi, Thoraldeby 12th,13th Malton
  • Thoraldby 1336 Ch

Etymology

Thoralby (lost) is Turodebi 1086 DB, Thoraldebi , Thoraldeby 12th, 13thMalton freq , Thoraldby 1336 Ch. Cf. Thoralby infra 149. In DB and some of the Malton references Thoralby is associated with Thirkleby, Kirby Grindalythe and Duggleby and is quite distinct from Thoralby in Bugthorpe infra 149.

Places in the same Parish