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.

Thorganby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thorganby

Historical Forms

  • Turgisbi 1086 DB
  • Turgrimebi 1192 P
  • Turgrimesbi 1194–1201 P
  • Thorgremby c.1200 For
  • Torgramebi ib.
  • Turgramesby 1230 P
  • Turgraneby 1228 FF
  • Thurhamby 1268 Ebor
  • Thorgamby 1295 YI 1407 YD
  • Thurgamby 1599 NCWills
  • Thurgramby 1271,1311 Ebor 1355 Ipm
  • Thorgramby 1276 RH 1406 YI
  • Thorgand(e)by 1285 KI
  • Thorganby 1420 YI 1540 FF
  • Thorgonby 1539 FF

Etymology

'Thorgrim 's farm,' v. by . On OScand  Þorgrímr cf. Thornthorpe supra 143. Cf. also the Swed place-name Torgrimsbyn (ON  på -by 65).