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.

Trough House

Early-attested site in the Parish of Danby

Historical Forms

  • Troch c.1200,1223,1234 Guis
  • Trochsich 13 Guis

Etymology

v. trog , sic . Trough is a small valley branching off Fryup.