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.

Baxby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Husthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Basche(s)bi, Bachesbi 1086 DB
  • Baxeby 1169–92 YCh 13 BylE 1230 Cl 1247 Ch 1262 YD 1292 For 1310 Ch
  • Baxseby 1227 FF 1285 KI
  • Baxby 1301 LS

Etymology

'Bak's farm' v. by . The first element is probably the rare ON  pers. name Bak (LindN).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site