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Innsacre, Innsacre Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shipton Gorge

Historical Forms

  • Insaker' l13 Brid
  • Hynesacre 1327 SR
  • Insacr(e) 1332 14 LodersC 1454 MinAcct
  • Inzacres 1795 Boswell
  • Insacres 1863 Hutch3

Etymology

Innsacre (1″), Innsacre Fm (6″) (SY 496925), Insaker 'l13Brid (p), Hynesacre 1327 SR (p), Insacr (e )1332 ib (p), 14 LodersC, 1454MinAcct , le lnzeacr '1467, Innesacr ', lez Inseacr '1469ib , Inzacres 1795 Boswell, Insacres 1863 Hutch3, cf.Inzacre Md 1841TA , 'Ine's cultivated or arable land', from the OE  pers.n. Ine and æcer . It lies partly in Loders par. supra .