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.

Insoll

Early-attested site in the Parish of Elmley Lovett

Historical Forms

  • Inerdeshell, Ynardeshull 1275 Ass
  • Inneshale 1327 SR
  • Insale 1340 NI
  • Insoll 1642 Townsend

Etymology

'The hill of I(s)nard,' v. hyll . For this pers. name and its significance in Wo v. Innerstone supra 157.