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.

Sealby

Other OS name in the Parish of Thurnby

Etymology

, 1925 Kelly ; no doubt a recent fabrication based on the local surn . Seal , v. SealsHomestead in f.ns. (a) and cf. Edward Seal 1821 Census and William Seal 1824 ib of Bushby and Harry Seal and William Seal 1873 ib , both of Thurnby .