Sulby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sulby
Historical Forms
- Solebi 1086 DB 1316 FA
- Sulebi 1158 P
- Sulehby 1243 Cur
- Seleby 1244 Fees 1297 Cl
- Sulby 1310 Cl 1327 Ipm
- Sulleby 1347 Ipm
- Sowleby 1524 BM
- Sowlbye 1540 LRMB
Etymology
This is probably a compound of ODan Sule or ON Súla , a pers. name, and by. Cf. Sulby (PN IOM 545), c. 1376 Chron.Manniae Sulaby . Alternatively it might be a compound of OE sulh , 'furrow, trench' (cf. Sulgrave supra 36 and Souldrop PN BedsHu 42). The Abbey lies on a stream, but the valley is very shallow. The 1243 form is in favour of sulh .
Places in the same Parish
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