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.

Ingleton Fells

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Fell 1611 PR
  • the Fells 1688 ib
  • Ingleton fell 1671 PRClp 1692 Dep
  • Ingleton Fells 1736 PRBnt

Etymology

Ingleton Fells, Fell 1611 PR, the Fells 1688 ib, Ingleton fell 1671 PRClp, 1692 Dep, Ingleton Fells 1736 PRBnt. v. Ingleton (supra ), fjall 'mountain', and cf. Chapel le Dale (infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement