Throxenby
Early-attested site in the Parish of Scalby
Historical Forms
- Trstanebi 1167 P
- Thurstanby 1276 Percy 1475 Pat
- Thorstanby 1301 LS 1379 IpmR 1417 YI
- Throssenbye 1537 FF
- Frostenby 1577 Saxton
Etymology
'Thorstan's farm' v. by . The ultimate origin of Thorstan is ON Þórsteinn (LindN, Nielsen, etc.), with the OE name-theme -stan substituted. For the modern pronunciation and the last two spellings cf. Thrussington (Lei) from the same pers. name.The x in the modern spelling is probably explained in the same way as in Moxby and Roxby 29, 90supra and Coxwold 191infra . For F - in the last form cf. Fingay Hill 213infra .