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.

Halnaby Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Croft

Historical Forms

  • Halnathebi, Halnatheby 1170–88 Leon228 1193–9 RegAlbiii.41d 13 Easby
  • Alnatheby 1219,1231 Ass
  • Halnathby 1301 LS
  • Halnaghby 1316 Vill
  • Halnaby 1577 FF
  • Hawnaby 1577 Saxton

Etymology

Col. Parker (YAS 62) has suggested that Halnaby took its name from one Halnath who lived there c. 1218. The above spellings antedate this by a considerable period and we must assume either that Halnath was long-lived and early gave his name to the place or that he had an ancestor called Halnath (of whom nothing is known). v. by . The name Halnath is probably an anglicised form of the continental name Halanant found in the Suffolk DB.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site