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.

Maltby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Maltby

Historical Forms

  • Maltebi, Malteby 1086 DB 12 BM 1147 Dugdv 1196–1201 YChviii 1199 Ch 1232 RH 1276 Pat 1464
  • Mauteby 1221 FF 1276 Ebor
  • Maltheby 1282 YI
  • Maltby 1377 FF 1379 PT 1822 Langd
  • Maultbie 1616 FF

Etymology

'Malti's farmstead', v. . The pers.n. is ODan  Malti , as in Maltby L, YN 171. On the AN  spelling Maute - cf. IPN 113.