Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tochebi 1086 DB 1167 P 1184 CartAnt

• Tokebia c.1130 LeicSurv 1179 P

• Tokebi 1176 1177 1193 1205 ChancR

• Tokeby 1206 Cur 1220 MHW 1220 GildR 1294 Wyg l.13 CRCart 1419 Peake 1423 LCh 1550,1551 Peake

• Tokesby 1274 RGrav

• Thocebi John Hastings

• Thokebi John Rut e.13 Nichols 1228 Cl

• Thokebya 1240 GildR 1220×50 RTemple

• Thokeby 1252 Fees 1262 Fine 1274 Ipm

• Thokebey 13 Peake

• Toukebi 1203 P 1204 1205 ib

• Toukeby 1257 Ch 1274 Ass 1364 Pat

• Tokby 1384 Peake 1496 LCh 1535 VE

• Tukeby 1518 Visit

• Tukby 1526 AAS

• Tuckby 1710 LML

• Tuggebye 1539 LCh

• Tougbye 1550 ib

• Tugby(e) 1519 EpCB 1535 VE 1540 MinAccts

Etymology

'Tóki's farmstead, village', v. bȳ . The specific is the ON  pers.n. Tóki (ODan  Toki , OSwed  Toke ). In DB, Tochi is recorded as holding Tugby as part of a larger estate TRE. Spellings with th for t are the result of AN  orthographical interchange between the symbols th and t for etymological t . Also AN is k represented by ch before a front vowel.