Oadby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oadby
Historical Forms
- Oldebi (sic) 1086 DB
- Oudeby c.1130 LeicSurv 1204 Cur 1316 Banco 1320 Wyg 1514,1518 1542 CoPleas 1543 Fine
- Oudebi 1209×34 AllS 1367 Wyg
- Outhebi 1199 FF 1204 P 1236 Fine
- Outhebia e.13 Wyg
- Outhebya 1260 ib
- Outheby 1220 MHW 1223 Fine 1386 Banco 1399 Wyg
- Owthebi 1236 Fine
- Houtheby 1219,1220 Cur 1221 RHug l.13 Wyg
- Houdeby 1377 LCDeeds
- Outebi 1203 P
- Outeby 1226 Cur 1254 Val 1393 Wyg 1397 Pat
- Owdeby 1404,1412 Wyg 1528 Visit 1535 VE
- Owdeby 1440 Pat
- Odeby 1443,1508 Banco 1610 Speed 1614 LML
- Oteby 1465,1467 Wyg
- Oteby alias dict' Oudeby 1467 ib
- Oadebye 1608 LML
- Oadby 1629 ib
Etymology
Most probably 'the farmstead or village of a man called Authi', v. bȳ .The masc. pers.n. Auði is ON (ODan Øthi ) and appears as Owði in the Liber Vitae of Thorney Abbey (v. D. Whitelock, 'Scandinavian personal names in the Liber Vitae of Thorney Abbey', Saga Book of the Viking Society for Northern Research 12, Pt 2, 137, 149) and cf. Oby, Nf 242.A possible alternative as the specific is OScand auðr 'wealth, riches', since Oadby lies on easily worked and fertile glacial sand and gravel, v. SSNEM 61.
The DB spelling has AN inverted l for pre-consonantal u .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Albion St
- Black Dog
- Blackthorn Lane
- Brocks Hill
- Brocks Hill Fm
- Brookside Fm
- Church St
- Cottage Fm
- The Elms
- Flat Spinney
- Fludes Lane
- Fox
- Galtree Spinney
- Gartree Ho
- Gartree Road
- Glebe Fm
- Glen Hill Fm
- Glen Rd
- Gorse Lane
- Half Moon Spinney
- The Green
- Harborough Rd
- High Croft
- High St
- Hill Top Fm
- Kettlesborough
- Knighton Grange
- Knighton Grange Rd
- Leicester Race Course
- Leicester Rd
- London Rd
- Manor Fm
- Manor Rd
- Model Fm
- New Inn
- New St
- Oadby Frith
- Oadby Grange, Oadby Grange Fm
- Oadby Hill Ho
- Oadby Lodge Fm, Oadby Lodge
- The Oaks Fm
- The Pantiles
- Ringer's Spinney
- St Peter's Church
- Shady Lane
- Stackyard Spinney
- Stoughton Grange Fm, Grange Fm
- Stoughton Rd
- Wash Brook
- White Horse
- Wigston Rd
- Woodside Fm
Field
- Barn Cl Far Barn Fd or Second Barn Cl
- Bottom Bradshaw Top Bradshaw
- Largest Cl by Brook
- Far Cl
- Great Mdw
- House Cl
- Little Cl
- Little Mdw
- Marshall 's Lands
- Middle Cl
- New Bridge Cl
- New Covert
- New Pool Bank
- Oadby Toll Gate
- Salters Nook
- Smalley 's Piece
- Little Thorney Fd
- Moore 's Thorney Pit Fd
- Abrahams Pen
- John Andrews hadland
- badfordale
- the Ball Cross
- Bannefurlong
- Black pittes
- Blakemylys
- Tho . Brandards hadland
- brodesike
- Brokefurlong
- Brooke fyeld
- John Browns hadland
- bullocks pen
- the butes
- Caluerlesure
- ( in ) campo austral '
- the Cankwell
- ( in ) Carr
- John Cartwrights Close
- Cawdewelle
- the Church ( e ) hadland
- Clerks close
- the Colepitt way
- Henry Colsons yard end
- the Commons
- the Cow ( e ) pasture
- the Craft
- Cromborousike
- william dauinport close
- le dedemor
- Doo planke
- Flanniers
- Foxholes
- foxlondsik
- John Freestones Side land
- Galltree Close hedge
- Gamulshadland
- Gegecros
- Glen Cross
- Grange mere
- the Grauill holes
- Grease Nooke
- the Great ground
- Green sick
- Greshadland
- grimes hill
- at Hall
- ( into ) hard
- Hede medow
- Hedghill
- Hengyn hadland
- Hill fyeld
- Holbroc
- the homestall
- Horsharde
- horstonsikenethirende
- Robt . Ilyffes Hadland
- Instys hadland
- Robert Jordains hadley
- Kettleborough sick
- Knighton dayle
- Kyrkehadland
- Langemor
- Lechpittes
- the Lott Meadow
- Magott
- Mattock Hill
- the Meadow
- John Meadows hadland
- Mettcalfes hadland
- michildic
- middilhul
- Midulfurlong
- the Mill
- Millin hill
- Rich . Monks Leys
- Netteshard
- the New feelde
- ( the ) New lane end
- Newton hill ( s )
- Noones Bridg
- Northfelde
- Odebie thornes
- the ould Mill stoumpe
- Palmers hadland
- Parsonage close
- the pasture
- ( the ) Pen close
- John Perkins grasse hadland
- Robert Picks yard end
- ( at ) Pindars House
- Richard Plummers hadland
- Redys nok '
- Rugeweyus
- Sand hill
- Sandland '
- Seyves thing
- Sir Johns Pen
- the farr slade
- Smorehull
- Smorslade
- Sowslade
- Sowthfelde
- Spelthorn
- the Spinny
- stoton hedg
- stoophill
- Stretton gate
- Syke greynes
- Thykleyes
- timhull
- Tinwillowes
- Mr Toolyes hadland
- ( the ) Town hill
- the townsend
- Tymwell
- ( the ) vicars hadland
- George Wal ( l ) drams Land
- Warwick leys
- Warwykeway
- Waterthorows
- the Wellsprings
- Wells yard end
- West close
- Westhaued
- Wigston Corner
- Wild Willows
- Wlrichegate
- Wresls close