Jolby
Early-attested site in the Parish of Croft
Historical Forms
- Jo(h)eleby 1193–9 RegAlbiii.41d 1219 13 Easby
- Jol(l)eby 1231 Ass 1301 LS 1403 YI
Etymology
'Joel's farm' v. by . From the OFr pers. n. Johel , well evidenced in early ME records (e.g. Jo (h )el 1226 Lib). Colonel Parker suggests (u. s .) that this place is named from a Joel who lived here c. 1170. These two names form the only definite evidence in the North Riding of the survival of by as a living place-name element after the Norman Conquest.