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.

Drybeck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Appleby St Lawrence

Historical Forms

  • Dribek(e), Drybek(e), -beck(e) 1256 Ass11 1280 Lowth 1291 Ass2d 1314 Ipm 1777 M
  • Driebek, Dryebek, -beck(e) 1279 Ass11d 1291 1366 ChancM

Etymology

Drybeck, Dribek (e ), Drybek (e ), -beck (e )1256Ass 11(p), 1280Lowth (p), 1291Ass 2d, 1314 Ipmet passim to 1777 M, Driebek , Dryebek , -beck (e )1279Ass 11d, 1291 ib 3, QW, 1366ChancM 2. The hamlet is named from Dry Beck (i, 5supra ).