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.

Innsworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wotton St Mary Without or Longlevens

Historical Forms

  • Ineswurth 794 WMG 13
  • Inesworde, Ynesworde, Ynesworth c.1230 GlR 1324,1325,1327 MinAcct
  • Ynewordesdich c.1233 GlR
  • Hynewrþesfeld 1276 GlR
  • Hyneswrth(dich), Hyneswerthe c.1260 GlR 1323 MinAcct
  • Innesworth 1266 Pat 1324 MinAcct 1503 Rent 1598 Dep
  • Insworth 1557 Will 1616 Dep 1775 GR184

Etymology

'Ine's enclosure', v. worð . The OE  pers.n. Ine is more likely with worð than the PrWelsh  *inis 'island' suggested in EPN i, 303.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement