Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Haldanebi, Haldaneby 1100–8 YCh470 Hy2 Ch 1257 YCh487 1167–77 FF 1197 YCh488 1199–1209 Cur 1200 Pat 1223 FF 1226 FF 1331

• Aldanebi 1157 YCh354

• Aldenebi, Aldeneby 1189 Ch 1308 FF 1219

• Audeneby 1218 FF

• Haldenebi, Haldeneby Hy2 MaryH6d 1190,1193 P 1246 Ass36 1279–81 QW 1526 FF

• Haldanby 1304 1305 YI 1316 Vill 1379 PT 1621 FF

• Haldenby(e) 1331 DodsN 1362 Works 1405 YI 1526 FF

• Hawdenby(e) 1546 YChant 1565 FF

Etymology

'Haldan's farmstead', v. bȳ . The ON  pers.n. Hálfdan , ODan  Hal (f )dan , is frequent in English usage. It was the name of the leader of the great Danish army which settled in Yorkshire in 876 (cf. Introd.); Feilitzen 283 notes the occurrences in DB, and Björkman (NP 61, ZEN 43) records many other instances; it is also found in the parallel p.n. Holdenby Nth 85.