112 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



"/w^-^roww(?s=:low and wet pastnre land," Best's Farm Book, 

 1641. Surtees Soc. 



" Ing. a meadow, A.-S," Taylor; and also Icel. and Scand. 



"Iwy, a meadow, generally one lying low, near a river." 

 Halliwell. 



"Iwy. meadow, low, mowing ground." Engl. Dial. Soc, E. 

 Yorks. 



'•^ Ing, a meadow pasture. The word often occurs in the names 

 of places ; it is common to the Saxon, Danish, and other IN'orthern 

 languages. It seems originally to have meant an in, or enclo- 

 sure, as distinguished from the common field ; though now it is 

 chiefly applied to low moist ground, or such as is subject to 

 occasional overflowings. Ihre says (Bng is a flat meadow between 

 a town and a river, on which the market or fair is held ; which 

 is an exact description of ' The Ings,' on which the great fort- 

 night fair for cattle is held at Wakefield." Brockett. 



This word, then, belongs to the ISTorthern languages, except 

 Dut. and Elem. It is also Celtic-Welsh, not in Gaelic, and per- 

 haps originally Celtic, or Icel., or Suio-Gothic, 



Examples : — 



Hard Ings. 



Iforth Ings. 



The Ings, at Barnard Castle. 



Spital Ings, twice — meadows of the hospital. 



Wool Ingles z=z (Wold-ingles = rough enclosures. Bell) ; or is 

 this wold enclosures, the little wolds ? 



Ingleton. 



Formerly Ingelton. " Ing, a word borrowed from the Danes, 

 and in their language signifying a meadow or common pasture." 

 Ray. In Danish now it is eng. 



'■'•Ing, inge, pratum pascuum, l^Torth Engl., and in plural the 

 inges. It is a frequent termination of A.-S. words, as feeding, 

 framing, &c., and was used as a patronymic. It is derived from 

 Goth, winja, whence also comes the Islandic einga.''^ Lye. In 

 Oleasby the Icel. is now eng, and Sw. iing. 



