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.

Barnaby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Guisborough

Historical Forms

  • Bernodebi 1086 DB
  • Bernaldeby 12 Guis 1155–c.1170 YCh 1303 KF
  • Bernaldby c.1190(p),1263 Guis
  • Barnaldeby 1285 KI 1412 YI
  • Barntby al. Barneby 1285 KI 16

Etymology

'Beornwald's farm' from the OE  pers. name Beornw (e )ald and by.