Earby
Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornton in Craven
Historical Forms
- Eurebi 1086 DB
- Euerby, Everby 1260 YI 1276 RH 1373 ADi
- Everby in Crauene 1280 Ass
- Ereby 1526 Testv
- Erbye 1546 YChant
- Hyerbye 1552 WillY
- Ear(e)by, Ear(e)bie 1557 FF 1652 WillS
Etymology
Earby, Eurebi 1086 DB, Euerby , Everby 1260 YI, 1276 RHet freq to 1373 AD i, Everby in Crauene 1280Ass , Ereby 1526 Test v, Erbye 1546 YChant, Hyerbye 1552 WillY, Ear (e )by , Ear (e )bie 1557 FFet freq to 1652 WillS. 'Upper farmstead' (from its situation further up the valley of Earby Beck than that of Thornton in Craven), from ON efri as in Norw p.ns. Øverby (NG iv, 42, 92, etc.) and bȳ . But the ON pers.n. Iǫfurr is also formally possible.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Ayneslack
- Batty Ho
- Bigams Hill
- Bleara Hough, Bleara Low & Bleara Side
- Broom
- Cam Lane
- Catgate
- Clough Hole
- Cob Lane
- Cocket
- Coolham Lane
- Copy Ho
- Cowgarth Ho
- Crowbeckle
- Dark Lane
- Daw Gill
- Dodgson Ho
- Dotcliffe
- Earby Beck
- Fence End
- Fiddling Clough
- Gaylands Ho
- Great Edge
- Green End
- Gubs Hill
- Hague
- Hall Field Hill
- Hard Clough
- Harden Beck & Harden Clough
- Hare Hill
- Heads Ho
- Old Hall
- Thornton Highgate
- Turney Cliff Hill
- White Ho
- Brown Hill & Brown Ho
- Church Hill
- Hill Top
- Pickhill
- Rake Bank
- Roger Moor
- Scald Bank
- Scales Hill
- Sheep Hill
- Shuttleworth Moor
- Slow Hill
- Sough Bridge
- Standridge Clough
- Stock Bridge Hill
- Stone Pit Hill
- Stone Trough
- Stony Bank
- Thick Bank
- Town Hill
- Verjuice Bank
- Windle Field
- Barnwood Field
- Bawhead Laithe
- Birch Hall
- Booth Bridge & Booth Ho
- Burnt Hill
- Cinders Hills
- Holdgate Laithe
- Ibber Clough
- Kelbrook Moor
- Knoll
- Laycock
- Little Moor
- Longroyd Ing
- Marl Field
- Mere Clough
- Moor Gate
- Moor Hall
- The Mount
- North Holme
- Nutter Close
- Oak Slack
- Old Cote
- Thornton Beck, Thornton Hall & Thornton Moor
- Tunstead
- Wentcliff Brook