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.

Tollesby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marton

Historical Forms

  • Tolesbi, Tolesby 1086 DB a.1199 Guis 1201 ChR 1206 FF
  • Tollesbi, Tollesby 1080 DB
  • Tollisbi c.1130–40 YCh
  • Toulesbi, Toulesby 1166 P 1310 Ch
  • Tolebi 1181 P
  • Towsby 1364 YD
  • Towlesbie 1578 FF

Etymology

'Toll's farm' from ON  Tollr (LindBN) and by.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement