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.

Firsby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Conisbrough

Historical Forms

  • Frisobeia 1121–7 YCh 1215 ChR
  • Frisbie, Frysbie, Frisby 1164–81 YChviii 1403 MinAcct 1504 FF
  • Frisebia, Friseby 1189 Nost4 1194–9 YChviii 1197 Ebor 1301 Ass17d 1246 WCR 1275

Etymology

'Farmstead of the Frisian(s)', v. Frīsa , , cf. Firsby L, Introd.