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.

Thorlby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Torederebi, Toreilderebi 1086 DB
  • Thordelbi a.1208 YChvii
  • Torhelby 1214–33 YChvii
  • Thoreldby 1214–34 YChvii
  • Torleby 1285 KI
  • Thorleby, Thorlebie 1303 KF 1328 Banco 1779 PRAdd
  • Thorlby(e) 1405 YI 1456 Pat 1588 FF

Etymology

'Thorald's farmstead', from the ON  pers.n. Þóraldr , gen. Þóraldar , and .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name