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.

Ingleborough Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Ingelbor(r)ow hill 1577 Holinshed 1590 Camd
  • the Hill 1617 PR

Etymology

Ingleborough Hill, Ingelbor (r )ow hill 1577 Holinshed, 1590 Camd, the Hill 1617 PR. v. prec. and hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement