English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ingleby Greenhow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ingleby Greenhow

Historical Forms

  • Englebi, Engleby 1086 DB 1203–7 Whitby
  • (H)engelby 1140–54,1222–7 Whitby 1235 Cl
  • Aengelby 1153–4 YCh
  • Engilby juxta Grenehoue 1285 KI
  • Ingolby 1291 Ch
  • Ingleby juxta Grenhou 1301 LS
  • Ingelby-Grenhowe 1369 FF

Etymology

'Village of the English,' from OE  Engle and by. There are three places in this district so called and they probably all denote isolated survivals of English inhabitants amid a pre- vailing Scandinavian population. For similar types, cf. Normanby and Danby 57, 117, 157, 226 and 131, 249, 276 supra .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site