Riby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Riby
Historical Forms
- Ribi 1086 DB c.1115 LS 1177 P 1199 CurR 1200 Cur c.1200 Dane 1200 FF 1202 Ass 1205,1206 P c.1300 RAiii
- Riby c.1150,1159–81,a1180(e13) NCot 1210 Abbr Hy3 Selby e14 Ass 1218 RRG 1247–8 RSu 1290 FA 1316
- Ribie 1556 InstBen 1576 LER 1589,1592,1605 BT 1606 Terrier 1693 Terrier 1700 Terrier 1703 Terrier
- Ribe 1650 WillsPCC
- Ribye 1596,1606 BT 1733 PT
- Riebi 1155–58 Ch 1334 P 1159,1160,1163 RAix 1177–82 Cur 1198 P 1202,1203 ChancR 1205 P 1207 Pat 1461
- Rieb' 1163 RAi
- Riebia 1212 Fees
- Rieby 1201 P 1202 FF 1202 Ass 1207 OblR
- Ryby 1200 OblR 1226 FF eHy3 And 1251 FF 1254 ValNor 1276 RH 1281 QW 1291 Tax 1310 Cl 1530 Willsii 1602 Terrier 1713 PT
- Ryby als Rybye 1664,1680 ib
- Rybe 1535 VEiv
- Rybye 1538 LPxiiii 1544 PT 1576 Saxton 1578,1580 PT 1604 BT 1610 Speed 1608,1674 PT
- Rybie 1570 BT 1587 BT 1597 BT 1706 BT
- Ryebi 1201 ChancR c.1275 LNQvi 1759 PT
- Rybi 1211–12 RBE
Etymology
The most likely explanation of this name is, as Ekwall (DEPN s.n.) suggests, that it was originally OE *Rygetūn 'the farmstead or village where rye grows', v. ryge , tūn and that OE tūn was replaced by ODan bȳ 'a farmstead, a village'.