English Place-name Society

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.

Girsby

Parish in the County of North Riding of Yorkshire

Etymology

Detached part of Allerton wapentake. This and the following parishes are in Teesdale, earlier T (h )esedale , 12, 13 Guis, Riev.

Major Settlements

Other places in this Parish

Early-attested site