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.

Westiby

Field in the Parish of Croxton

Historical Forms

Westiby Hy3 Newh m13 SR 1327 SR 1332 SR

Etymology

Westiby Hy3(Ed1) Newh, m13, 1327, 1332 SR all(p)('west in the village', v. vestr, í, bȳ, cf. Northiby etc., supra)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Yarborough Camp

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Croxton