Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Inuuaresbie 1086 DB

• in Gerberie (sic) 1086 DB

• Inguaresb' 1204 ClR

• Inguarisby e.Hy3 Hastings

• Inguerisbi m.13 Nichols

• Higwerisby p.1250 Laz 1404

• Ingwaresby 1279 Nichols

• Inguarebi 1177 P 1210 Cur

• Inguaruibi 1190×1204 France

• Ynguareby 1278 Derby

• Ingwareby 1205 ClR 1236 Cur 1262 Nichols

• Yngwarebi 1210 Cur

• Hingwardeby 1220 MHW

• Ingwardeby 1249 Cur 1278 Banco 1346 RTemple 1376 Dixie

• Ingwardebey 1306 Ferrers

• Ynguardeby 1286 Laz 1404

• Inguardebi 1321 Ferrers

• Inguardeby 1327 SR

• Yngwardisby p.1250 Nichols

• Ingwardisby 1345 LCDeeds

• Ingwardby 1311 Cl 1325 Inqaqd 1535 VE 1621 Fine

• Ingwarby 1260 Cur 1356 BurtonCart 1445 Nichols

• Inguerby 1286 ib

• Ingwerby 1330 Hastings

• Yngwarby 1339 Cl 1353 Nichols

• Ingarsby(e) 1535 VE 1540 Pat 1621 Fine 1624 LML

• Ingersby(e) 1564 Nichols 1604 SR 1619 Fine

• Old Ingersby 1835 O

• Old Ingarsby 1846,1863 White

Etymology

'Ingwar's farmstead, village', v. bȳ . The pers.n. Ingwar is ODan (ON  Ingvarr ). The DB form in Gerberie is due to metanalysis, the initial in of the name having been mistaken for the MLat  prep. in . Its -berie spelling of the generic is erratic and does not indicate an earlier p.n. in -byrig (dat.sg. of OE  burh 'a fortified place'), v. the discussions of Asfordby and neighbouring Quenby.

Ingarsby was depopulated in 1469 to make a monastic grange for the Abbey of St Mary de Pratis, Leicester. Its land, comprising some 1100 acres, was given over to sheep. The late prefix Old ~ distinguishes its site from that of New Ingarsby infra .