Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Inste 1231 Pat 1308,1332 Ipm 1378 Works 1382 Ipm 1486 Knole 1630 Inq

• Yenst 1547 FF

• Ingst 1779 Rudder

Etymology

Ingst, Inste 1231 Pat, 1308, 1332 Ipm, 1378 Works, 1382 Ipm, 1486Knole 4et freq to 1630 Inq, Yenst 1547FF , Ingst 1779 Rudder. No certain explanation can be offered for this obscure name. The place stands on a shallow hillock in the low-lying marshlands, so that it could be an English adaptation of an older Welsh  ynys 'island, water- meadow' (v. inis ) but the final -t is difficult to account for, unless influenced by the nearby Aust (127). Ince (Ch) similarly situated is also from ynys (Ekwall s.n.).