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.

Austby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilkley

Historical Forms

  • Ousteby 1246 Ass30 1319 YDiv 1370 YDvi,x
  • Austby 1430,1474 YDvi 1613 PRIlk
  • Astbie 1562 WillY
  • Awsbie 1616 FF
  • Asbe 1697 PRIlk

Etymology

Austby [ˈɔːstbi], Ousteby 1246Ass 30, 1319 YD iv, 1370 YD vi, x, Austby 1430, 1474 YD vi, 1613 PRIlk, Astbie 1562 WillY, Awsbie 1616 FF, Asbe 1697 PRIlk. 'East farmstead', v. austr , , cf. Norw  Østby , Swed  Östby . On the forms Astbie , Asbe cf. Phonol. § 8.