Girsby
GIRSBY, a township, in the parish of Sockburn, union of Darlington, wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 6½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Yarm; containing 80 inhabitants. It comprises 1410 acres; and is separated from the rest of the parish by the river Tees, which bounds it on the north.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.