English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Skeeby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Easby

Historical Forms

  • Schirebi 1086 DB
  • Schittebi 1187 P
  • Scytheby, Skytheby 12 RichReg 1301 LS
  • Schiteby, Skiteby 1205 OblR 1231 Ass
  • Sketeby 1396 Pap
  • Sketheby 1421 YI
  • Skebye 1565,1574 FF

Etymology

'Skithi's farm' from the ON  pers. n. Skíði and by. On the modern form cf. Upleatham 153supra .

Places in the same Parish