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.

Formby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Forneby c.1210 Vyner
  • Formby 1335 YDviii

Etymology

Formby (lost), Forneby c. 1210Vyner , Formby 1335 YD viii. 'Old farmstead', v. forn , , cf. Formby La 125, Thornby Cu 119.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site