Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Toresbi 1086 DB c.1115 LS Hy2 Dane 1202,1219 Ass

• Toresby 1275 RH

• Toresbi 1202 Ass

• Thorisbeia 1137–39 YChiii

• Thorisby 1242–43 Fees 1277 RRGr 1280 RSu 1292 Ch

• Thorysby 1420 YDiii

• Thoresbi 1202 FF c1220 FP

• Thoresby 1226–28 Fees 1240 Cl 1242–43 Fees 1254 ValNor 1268 RRGr 1275 RH 1282 Cl 1291 Tax 1294 Fine 1294 Orig 1294 Ch 1306,1307 Pat 1311 Fine 1610 Speed

• Thoresb' 1238–41 Fees

• Thoresbie a1567 LNQv 1608 Foster 1631 VisitN 1642,1646 Goulding

• Thoresbie als Northoresbie 1565 Yarb

• Thoresbye 1576 Saxton

• Thuresby 1526 Sub 1553–55 ECP

• North Thoresby 1292 RSu 1437 Pap 1453 Fine 1464 Pat 1479 Pap

• North'thoresby 1369 FF 1384 Peace

• Norththoresby 1411 Pat

• North Thoresbye 1557–58 Lanc

• North Thoresbie 1625 Terrier

• North Thorisby 1671 ib

• Norththorsby 1382 Peace

• North Thorsby 1601,1611 Terrier

• Northoresby 1380 Gaunt

• Northoresbye 1577 Terrier

Etymology

'Þori's farmstead, village', v. bȳ , as is South Thoresby (LSR), from which it is distinguished as North . The pers.n. is ON  Þórir , ODan  Thorir , recorded from Lincolnshire independently as Thori and Tori in DB and frequently in the 12th and 13th centuries, v. Feilitzen 393–94 and SPNLY 307–9.