Ainstable
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ainstable
Historical Forms
- Ainstapillith c.1210 StB
- Ainstapelit(h), Aynstapelit(h) 1227 FF c.1233 Weth 1246 LaAss 1345 FF
- Aynstapelyth 1335 Misc
- Aynstapillyth 1338 Ipm
- Enstapelid 1210 Cur
- Ainstapellid c.1240 Weth
- Ainstapel(l), Aynstapel(l) c.1260 Laner 1278 Ass
- Ainstaplith, Aynstaplith, -lyth 1277 FF 1485 Ipm
- Aynstaplyt 1305 ib
- Anstapelyth, Anstapelith 1279 Ass 1310 CWvi
- Anestablith 1538 AOMB
- Aynstaplegh 1338 Carliol
- Ainstaply 1369 Ipm
- Anstiply 1448 Fine
- Ainstably 1552 March
- Aynestapleghi(t) 1511,1513 LP
- Aynstableigh 1606 Ct
- Anastable t.Hy8 AOMB
- Aynstable 1577 FF
- Ainstaple 1650 ParlSurv
- Enstable 1721 PR(Warcop)
Etymology
This name, as first noted by Lindkvist (41–2), is a compound of ON einstapi , 'bracken' and hlíð, 'slope.' A similar loss of final th has taken place in Adgarley (PN La 210), which was originally 'Ēadgār 's hliþ.'