52 DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



Hubbersty. — From Hubba, the name of a Norse king, and C. ty — a 

 cottage or house ; — Hubba's house. 



Hucklow (Great and Little).— (D.D.B. Hochelai.)— The initial 

 syllable is probably from the A.S. personal name Hucc, and the terminal 

 syllable from the A.S. hlasw, hlaw, low — a hill, an elevation, a rising 

 tract of ground, also a heap, grave, barrow, tumulus ;— Hucc's hill or 

 grave. 



Hulland (Ward).— (D.D.B. Hoilant.)— A.S. hill, hyl, hyll— a hill, a 

 mountain, and A.S. land — ground, land, earth ; — the hill land. 



Hungry Bentley.— See Bentley, Hungry. 



Hurst (Upper and Nether).— A.S. hyrst— a wood, a clump of trees. 



Ible or Ibol. — (D.D.B. Ibeholon.) — C. ebol — a colt or foal. This name — 

 as would seem from the Domesday orthography — had a terminal member, 

 but it is difficult, in consequence of the corrupt spelling of the Domesday 

 form of the word, to determine what the postfix may have been. 



Idridgehay. — A.S. Eadred, a personal name, and A.S. hage, haga — a 

 hedge, or that which is hedged in — an enclosure ; — Eadred's enclosure. 



Ilkeston. — (D.D.B. Tilchestvne. ) — A.S. Elcha, a personal name, and A.S. 

 tun — a town; — Elcha's town. 



Ingleby— (D.D.B. Englebi.)— A.S. Engle, Angle— the Angles, English, 

 and N. byr, by — a village, an abode ; — the English village or abode ; or the 

 prefix may be from N. Ingold, Ingeld, Ingul, Ingel, a personal name — 

 Ingold's abode. 



Ireton, Kirk. — (D.D.B. Hiretune.)— For the derivation of Ireton, see 

 below The adjunct is from the N. kyrkia (A.S. cyrice, cyrece, cyrce, 

 cirice, circe) — a church. The hereditary town of the chu/ch, i.e., the 

 town belonging to the church by inheritance or succession. 



Ireton "Wood. — (D.D.B. Iretvne.) — The initial syllable of the first com- 

 ponent of this place-name is from the A.S. yrfe, erfe, aerfe, irfe — inheri- 

 tance, succession, property, substance, goods, cattle. The postfix is 

 from A.S. tun — a town. The adjunct is from A.S. wudu, wude — a wood 

 or forest. The wood of the hereditary town, or the wood of the town 

 property. 



Ivenbrook Grange. — (D.D.B. Winbroc.) — From the Domesday ortho- 

 graphy it would seem that the initial syllable is either from the A.S. winn, 

 win — contention, labour, war, to conquer, to obtain or acquire by labour 

 or war, a winning, a victory, or from A.S. win, wyn — pleasant, sweet, 

 grateful, or it may possibly be derived from the name of the A.S. 

 god — Woden. The postfix is from the A.S. brooc, broc — a brook. The 

 name indicates a site by a brook remarkable for some victory, or a 

 pleasant spot by a brook, or a site by a brook dedicated to the worship of 

 Woden. " A grange in its original signification, meant a farmhouse of a 



