Haxby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wigginton
Historical Forms
- Haxebi, Haxeby 1086 DB 1177 HCY 1223 ClR 1319 For
- Axebi 1167 P
- Haxby 1317,1330 For
Etymology
v. by . The personal name which forms the first element is recorded in Lincs in the early 13th cent. in the form Haac , and goes back to ON Hákr , used as a by-name. On the form Haxe -, which represents the ON gen. sg. in -s , v. IPN 62