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.

Ingwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Hensingham

Historical Forms

  • Starmier 1660 Caine

Etymology

is so named in 1842 (AllerA) . It is on the site of Starmier 1660 Caine . The latter name is ' sedge mýrr , ' from ON  star- .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement