Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Inise 1086 DB 1398 Orm2

• Ynis l13 Chest

• Ynys 1277 Sheaf

• Inys 1312 Plea

• Ynes 1096–1101(1280),c.1150 Chest

• mariscum de Ynes 1249–1323 Chest

• Ines 1271 BW 1446 ChRR

• Ines merssh 1357 BPR, ChFor

• Ynnes 1320 AddCh

• Yns videlicet Ince 1096–1101 Chest 17

• Yns 1284 17 Misc 1323 ChRR 1326

• Ins 1320 Plea 1446 ChRR

• Inns 1584 Rental

• Insemersh 1357 ChRR

• Ince 1096–1101 Chest 17 ChRR 1415

• Ince Marsh 17 Sheaf

• Ince Hall 1831 Bry

• Ynce 1549 Sheaf

• Inssemersh 1357 ChFor

• Inchemore 1414 ChRR

• le Mersh 1440 Rental

• The Marsh 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

'The island', from inis, ynys , with mersc , mōr 1 and hall . Ince marshes are also le Mersh 1440Rental , The Marsh 1724 NotCestr.Ince occupies a low ridge standing amidst the marshland of the Gowy and Mersey estuaries. Cf. Ince La 103.