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.

Ible

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ible

Historical Forms

  • Ibeholon 1086 DB
  • Ibol(e), Ybol(e) 1154–9 Darley 1256 CampbCh 1269 Ass 1272 BelCh 1330 Ass
  • Iboll als Ibole 1325 Ipm
  • Ibolegraunge 1330 Ass
  • Ibul(e), Ybul 1159–66 Darley c.1200 Darley John BelCh 1210 Darley 1330 Ass 1388 WollCh
  • Ybull, Ibull 1304 Ipm 1310 WollCh 1317 1516 Lanc
  • Iboel 1307 RegAnt
  • Ible 1382 Cl Eliz ChancP
  • Ibell 1508 DbCh
  • Ihoo (sic) 1610 Speed
  • Iheo 1657 Jenner

Etymology

'Ibba's hollow', v. hol 1 . This OE pers.n. is found only as the name of a moneyer and in p.ns., cf. Ibban stan 951 BCS 892 and Ibstock (Lei). Cf. also Ivonbrook Grange supra 133.

Places in the same Parish