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.

Insetton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Belbroughton

Historical Forms

  • Insington c.1830 O

Etymology

The form is too late to do anything with. Possibly we should compare 'a house called le Insetun hous' in Solihull (Wa) in AD i. 1349.