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Ingerthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Ingeringthorp 1154–81 Ripi
  • Ingerintorp 1158–63 YCh118
  • Ingeridtorp 1162 YCh120
  • Ingridt(h)orp 12 Font l.12 Vyner
  • Yngridetorp, Hingridetorp 1190,1191 P
  • Ingrietorp 12,e.13 Font
  • Ingrit(h)orp(e) 1170–1200 Vyner 1185–99 YCh121 c.1190 Fount 1202 FF 1342 YDi
  • Ygritorp 1200 Cur
  • Hingrihtorp 12 Font c.1200 Vyner
  • Ingert(h)orp(e), Yngert(h)orp(e) 12 Ripi 1158–63 YCh119 1198 Fount 1228 Ripi 1309 Percy 1583 FF
  • Yngerthropp 1559 FF
  • Ingardestorp 1200 Cur
  • Inglethorp a.1266 KF
  • Ingretthorpp' 1297 LS
  • Yngretorp 1431 Fount
  • Yngarthorpe, Ingarthorpe 1552 WillY 1587 PRRip

Etymology

'Ingrid's outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The first el. is the ON  fem pers.n. Ingiríðr , ODan  Ingrith , which appears as Ingrede with OEScand  syncope of Ingi - to Ing - (cf. Feilitzen 298). This place- name could be from either the ON or the ODan form. The medial -in (g )- in the first spellings may be AN  substitutions for -i -.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site