Saxilby

Saxilby, Lincolnshire

Saxilby, in the Lawress Wapentake of Lincolnshire, comes from the Old Norse male personal name Saksulfr and Old Norse by ‘a farmstead, a village’. It is a joint parish with Ingleby.

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

Lincolnshire, male_name, place-name

Further information

This object is related to Saxilby, Linconshire.
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Acknowledgements

Image © Richard Croft, via Geograph, CC BY-SA 2.0

References

Kenneth Cameron, A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society (1998), p. 106.