PLACE AND FIELD NAMES OK THE PARISH Of STAVELEY. I 93 



gentleman we get Ince farm, mentioned in the tithe agreements 

 of the Rev. James Gisborne (17 16-1759) as being in the 

 occupation of Mrs. Froggatt, of the Hagge, and of which the 

 present Ince barn and Ince meadow were part. Ince barn is not 

 far from wliat is now called Handley Wood, and in those days 

 the name embraced a larger area than at present. 



In the same papers (Rev. J. Gisborne's tithe agreements) men- 

 tion is made of Worthy fields, which may owe their name to Matilda 

 Worthy, the wife of the Sir Peter Frecheville who died in 1503. 



Foxlowe plantation is named after the Rev. Francis Foxlowe, 

 who was curate of Staveley at the beginning of this century. 

 Though this is quite a modern name, I have included it for the 

 sake of its association, as Mr. Foxlowe was a man well known in 

 the county, and whose words and deeds are talked of in this 

 neighbourhood to-day. He was vicar of Elmton as well as curate 

 oiSlaveley, and a captain of Volunteers. 



Brighfs plantation recalls a family of that name who flourished 

 here during the last century. 



Mastin Moor and Handley Moor carry us back to the time 

 when the spacious area of Staveley Park was surrounded, on at 

 least two of its sides, by open moorland, and the whole neigh- 

 bourhood was stocked with an abundant variety of furred and 

 feathered life, which tlie increase of population and the develop- 

 ment of the coal and iron trade have now banished. 



HoUingwood* Common and Common piece remind us of the 

 common lands of the parish, which were enclosed by Act of 

 Parliament in 1780. As a result of this Act, the na.n-\Q Intake 

 appears several times on the map, indicating pieces of land which 

 have been taken in from the road sides. 



From Anglo-Saxon mcera, a boundary, we have Meer sick, the 

 boundary stream, and the Merrians, the boundary farm, which 

 mark the parish boundaries. 



Another boundary between this parish and Eckinglon is 

 F/oxstone Wood, now commonly spelt Foxon. The word stain 

 or stone sometimes indicates a boundary stone, as in the case 



* Hollin from Anglo-Saxon holegn — the holly tree. 

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