Battersby
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ingleby Greenhow
Historical Forms
- Badresbi 1086 DB
- Baderesby 1236 Dugdv.508
- Batersby 1214–22 Whitby
- Batherby 1285 KI
- Batheresby 1301 LS
- Bathersby 1303 KF 1369 FF
- Bettersby 1577 Saxton
Etymology
'Bothvar's farmstead' v. by . The ON pers. name Bǫðvarr (LindN) is from earlier Norse *Baðu -harir (v. Heusler, Altisländ. Element. § 167, and cf. OE name element Beadu -) and this form without u -mutation as in Dan Bathaer (Nielsen) occurs in the place-name. Cf. the note by the late Mr C. J. Battersby (a model of its kind) on Battersby in PN YWR 215 ff. The change of th to t is modern and is found again in Battersby (YWR), Bathersby 13 Kirkst, and in the use of the NEDial t ' for the definite article the .