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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Girsby

Historical Forms

  • Grisebi, Griseby 1086 DB c.1130 SD 1196 FF
  • Grisibi 1088 LVD50d
  • Grysby 1128–35 YCh

Etymology

v. by . The first element ON  Gríss (cf. Gristhorpe 104supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement