Frisby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Frisby
Historical Forms
- Frisebi 1086 DB c.1130 LeicSurv 1199,1200 Cur
- Frisebie 1086 DB
- Friseby 1221 Fine 1221 Ass 1355,1403 Pat
- Friseby iuxta Galby 1306,1313,1328 Banco
- Frissebi 1200 Cur
- Frisseby 1338 AD 1387 Pat
- Fryseby a.1250 Peake 1255 AD 1332 SR 1370 Ass
- Fryseby iuxta Gauby 1255 AD
- Fryseby iuxta Galby 1327,1328 IpmR
- Frysseby 1370 Ipm
- Frysby 1385 AD 1399 Pat 1528 Visit 1535 VE
- Frysby iuxta Galby 1385 AD
- Frisby 1550 AAS 1610 Speed
- Frisby juxta Galby 1611 LML
- Fresebi 1166 LN
- Freseby 1166 RBE
- Fresseby 1416 Nichols
- Old Frisby 1835 O
Etymology
'The farmstead of the Frisians', v. Frīsa , Frēsa , bȳ . The township is distinguished by the suffix ~ iuxta Galby (with MLat iuxta 'next to') from Frisby on the Wreake in East Goscote Hundred, v. Lei 280. The site of a deserted medieval village, it is styled Old Frisby 1835 O. Galby lies a half-mile to its south-west.