Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Malteby, Maltebey, Maltebei 1086 DB

• Maltebi 1168(p),1169(p) P c.1180–90 LothianMSS 1209,1286 Ass

• Malteby 1189–90 Holme 1209,1286 Ass 1219to1336 FF 1230(p),1242 P 1292 BM 1316 FA 1322 Ipm 1330 SR 1342 Cl

• Maltby 1450,1458 Past 1787 Marshall

• Mawlteby 1467–72 ECP

• Mouldbey 1637 Camden

• Mautebi 1198 FF

• Maudebi 1198 ib

• Meauteby 1220 Cur

• Mauteby 1257(p),1269 Ass 1254–75 Val l.Hy3,1347,1482 BM 1321 Ipm 1331,1405 FF 1415 AD 1482 Past

• Mautheby 1257 Ass

• Mautebye 1387 Bodl

• Maudeby 1388,c.1390,1492 AD

• Mawteby 1439–40to1482 Past 1535 VE

• Mawthby 1448 Past

• Mautby 1448,1476 1468 Bodl

• Mawdeby 1454 Past

• Mavteby 1473 ib

• Mawtby 1475,1477 ib

Etymology

'Malti's bȳ'. The first el. is the ODan  pers.n. Malti . Such a name would seem to have been known in England in the late OE  period, judging by two charters referring to L, though only preserved in late copies: Guelphus fil. Malti 806 (16 Sawyer 162) BCS 325 and Geolphus fil. Maltae 833 (16 Sawyer 189) BCS 409.The vocalization of -al - to -au - is to be explained as due to AN influence (Zachrisson 146, IPN 113); d for t (Maudebi , etc.) is due to the following b (assimilation). Cf. Maltby in Y (PN YNR 171, PN YWR I 137). There are moreover two Maltbys in L. v. also Sandred 1988: 15 and Insley 296 f.

The aisle of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, in which there was a monument commissioned by Margaret Paston, has unfortunately not survived (v. Pevsner 194 f.).