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.

Flasby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Gargrave

Historical Forms

  • Flatebi 1086 DB
  • Flatteby 12 Font
  • Flatesby 1156–66 Furn
  • Flasceby, Flascebi 1155–1248 Furn a.1221 YChvii 1246,1268 FF 1281 Ch 1285 KI 1400 YI
  • Flascebi in Craven 1288 Furn
  • Flacebi, Flaceby 1188–1216,1200–16 Furn
  • Flasseby 1272 Abbr
  • Flassteby 1293 QW
  • Flaxeby c.1320 Furn
  • Flaxbie als. Flasbie 1605 FF
  • Flasby, Flasbie 1379 PT 1449 YDii 1599 PRMl
  • Flasbie in Craven 1442 YDix 1665 Visit

Etymology

'Flat's farmstead', from the ON  pers.n. Flatr and . It is of the same origin as Flaxby v, 15supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site