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Worlaby Ings

Other OS name in the Parish of Worlaby

Historical Forms

  • Worlebye Ynges 1546 LPxxi
  • Warlebye Inges 1547 Pat
  • Worlebyeinges 1550 ib
  • the Inges c.1580 AS
  • Worlaby Inges 1670 Yarb
  • Worleby Ings 1683 ib
  • the inges 1791 LNQxviii

Etymology

( lost ) , 1696, 1728Yarb , 1830 Gre , Worlebye Ynges 1546 LP xxi,Warlebye Inges 1547 Pat, Worlebyeinges 1550 ib, the Inges c.1580AS ,Worlaby Inges 1670Yarb , Worleby Ings 1683ib , the inges 1791 LNQxviii , ' the meadows, the pastures ' , v. eng in the pl , as elsewhere in this parish .