Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Ingā 1086 DB

• Abbas Yng 1542 LP

• Ging(g)es, Gynges Abbatisse 1241 For

• Gynges ad Petram 1254 Ass

• Gynges abbesse 1267 Ass

• Gynges Atteston 1283 Cl

• Ginge, Gynge Attestone 1289 Ch 1291 For 1320 Pat 1324 Londin 1428 FA

• Gynge at the Stone 1543 FF

• Gynge Petre t.Eliz ChancP

• ʒingatestone 1320 ChancW

• Yenge-atte-Stone 1395 Hustings

• Ingerston(e) 1481 Pat

• Ingerston(e) alias Gynge ad Petram 1539 LP

• Ingatston(e) 1482 FF 1542 LP

• Yngat(e)stone 1535 VE 1540 LP

• Yng at Stone 1542 LP

• Gyng Hospitall alias Gyngatestone 1541 EASvi

• Gynge at Stone alias Ynge at Stone alias Ingerstone alias Fryeringe alias Fryernynge 1605 EAviii

Etymology

For Ginges v. Margaretting infra 258. Abbatisse , because part of the possessions of St Mary's Abbey, Barking, which were purchased after the dissolution of the monasteries by Sir William Petre . It has been suggested (Wilde 4, 7) that -stone is due to some large glacial boulders near the church, but the persistent singular is in favour of the common explanation that it derives from a mile-stone, near the church, on the Roman road to Colchester. Ingatestone and Fryerning were formerly separate parishes.