Aislaby, County Durham

Aislaby
Aislaby is located in County Durham
Aislaby
Aislaby
Location within County Durham
Population201 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ404123
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode districtTS16
Dialling code01642
PoliceCleveland
FireCleveland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°30′17″N 1°22′36″W / 54.5048°N 1.3768°W / 54.5048; -1.3768

Aislaby (/ˈzəlbi/ AYZ-əl-bi)[2] is a small village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Tees within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located to the west of Eaglescliffe and Yarm.[3] The name, first attested as Asulue(s)bi in 1086, is of Viking origin and means "Aslak's farm."[4] Aislaby was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.[5]

  1. ^ "2011 Census:Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 2.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.
  4. ^ A.D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford UP, 2nd ed., 1998), p. 4.
  5. ^ Professor J.J.N.Palmer. "Open Doomsday: Aislaby". www.opendomesday.org. Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 31 January 2016.