Ingbirchworth
INGBIRCHWORTH, a township, in the parish of
Penistone, union of Wortley, wapentake of Staincross, W. riding of York, 9½ miles (W. by S.) from
Barnsley; containing 419 inhabitants. The township
comprises about 830 acres: the village is situated on
the road from Huddersfield to Penistone, and about two
miles and a half north-west of the latter town. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Ingerthorpe
INGERTHORPE, a township, in the parish and
liberty of Ripon, though locally in the wapentake of
Claro, W. riding of York, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from
Ripon; containing 46 inhabitants. This place appears,
from the numerous mounds on its surface, in some of
which ancient foundations of buildings and fragments
of stained glass have been discovered, to have been at a
remote period of considerable importance, though at
present it can scarcely be denominated a hamlet. The
township comprises about 550 acres, chiefly the property
of Mrs. Wilberforce, widow of the late William Wilberforce, Esq., M.P.
Ingestrie, or Ingestrk (St. Mary)
INGESTRIE, or Ingestre (St. Mary), a parish, in
the S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, union, and
N. division of the county, of Stafford, 3¾ miles (E. N.
E.) from Stafford; containing 118 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1236 acres. In the north and
west the soil is strong, and in other parts generally
a light and sandy loam; the surface rises gently towards
the west. The river Trent runs through the parish;
and there is a brine spring, the water of which is raised
by a steam-engine, conveyed to Weston, and there
manufactured into table salt. Ingestre Hall, the seat of
Earl Talbot, was partly built in the reign of Edward III.;
the principal part is more modern, and in the style of
architecture prevailing in the reign of Elizabeth.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£10. 16. 8., and in the gift of the Earl: the tithes
have been commuted for £204. 3. 6., and the glebe comprises 32 acres. The church was erected in 1676, by
Walter Chetwynd, Esq., on a more convenient site than
that occupied by the ancient and decayed edifice; the
chancel is paved with black and white marble, and
many of the windows are ornamented with stained
glass, exhibiting the armorial bearings of the Chetwynd
family. Ingestre gives the inferior title of Viscount to
Earl Talbot.
Ingham (All Saints)
INGHAM (All Saints), a parish, in the W. division
of the wapentake of Aslacoe, parts of Lindsey, union
and county of Lincoln, 8 miles (N. by W.) from Lincoln; containing 514 inhabitants. It comprises about
2000 acres, nearly equally divided between arable and
pasture land. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £6. 13. 4.; net income, £50;
patrons, the family of Neville: the tithes were commuted for land in 1769. The church is a plain structure,
built on the old site in 1792. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyans.
Ingham (Holy Trinity)
INGHAM (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the Tunstead and Happing incorporation, hundred of Happing,
E. division of Norfolk, 1½ mile (E. N. E.) from Stalham; containing 509 inhabitants. A large stock fair is
held on Trinity-Monday. The living is a perpetual
curacy; net income, £80; patron, the Bishop of Norwich: the tithes have been commuted for £456. The
church is principally in the decorated style, with a lofty
and very handsome embattled tower; it has a Norman
font, and a groined porch on the south. On the south
side of the chancel were stone stalls with canopies for
four priests, one of which still remains, and on each
side of the chancel are ten oak stalls; there are also
several ancient tombs with effigies, including those of
Sir Miles Stapleton and lady, and Sir Roger de Boys and
lady. Annexed to the church was a college or priory of
the order of the Holy Trinity, for the redemption of
captives, founded in 1360, by Sir Miles Stapleton, of
Bedale, in Yorkshire, who had become lord of this place
by marriage with Joanna, daughter and sole heiress of
Sir Oliver de Ingham, a valiant knight, and favourite of
Edward III. Sir Miles rebuilt the church, and ordained
that the college should be for a prior, sacrist, and six
canons. The revenue, at the Dissolution, was estimated
at £74. 2. 7.; and the site of the priory, with the impropriate rectory, and some appurtenances, came to the
Bishopric of Norwich, in exchange for other estates.
The chancel was used as the conventual church, and the
priory, of which there are some slight remains, was
situated on the north side of the church. There is a
place of worship for Baptists. At the inclosure, in 1812,
about seventeen acres and a half were allotted to the
poor.
Ingham (St. Bartholomew)
INGHAM (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the
union of Thingoe, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of Suffolk, 4¾ miles (N.) from Bury St. Edmund's;
containing 208 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
with the livings of Culford and Timworth consolidated,
valued in the king's books at £12. 16. 0½., and in the gift
of R. B. de Beauvoir, Esq.: the tithes for the three
parishes have been commuted for £849. 5., and the glebe
comprises 83½ acres. The church is mostly in the later
English style.
Ingleby
INGLEBY, a township, in the parish of Foremark,
union of Burton-upon-Trent, hundred of Repton
and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 7
miles (S.) from Derby; containing 157 inhabitants. It
comprises 886 acres of sandy land, including 98 acres of
wood; and has a small village situated at the foot of a
sandy cliff, on the south bank, and overlooking the
vale, of the Trent. Ingleby Hall is a neat modern mansion, on a lofty eminence. A remarkable elm-tree, said
to be 600 years old, and much noticed by visiters, is in
the village.
Ingleby-Arncliffe, in the county of York.—See Arncliffe, Ingleby.
INGLEBY-ARNCLIFFE, in the county of York.—
See Arncliffe, Ingleby.
Ingleby-Berwick
INGLEBY-BERWICK, a township, in the parish
of Stainton, union of Stockton, W. division of the
liberty of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 3¾ miles
(N. E.) from Yarm; containing 138 inhabitants. At
the time of the Domesday survey, the lands here were
described with those of Acklam, to which the hamlet
pertained, as is implied in the term Berwick: the ancient
name of the place was Berewyke-juxta-Tees. The township is situated in the western part of Cleveland, close
to the river Tees, which is here joined on the east by the
Leven, whose banks are in this place naked, and rise
abruptly to a considerable height.
Ingleby-Greenhow (St. Andrew)
INGLEBY-GREENHOW (St. Andrew), a parish,
in the union of Stokesley, W. division of the liberty of
Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 4½ miles (E. S. E.)
from Stokesley; containing 355 inhabitants, of whom
161 are in the township. This place, at the time of the
Conqueror's survey, was within the soke or liberty of
Stokesley. The Balliols were anciently proprietors here:
from them the estate descended to the Eures, in whom
the lands continued vested till 1609, when they were
sold to the family of Foulis, of whom Henry Foulis, the
historian and divine, was born at Ingleby manor-house
in the middle of the 17th century. The parish is now
almost exclusively the property of Sir William Foulis,
Bart., who is lord of the manor. It is bounded on the
south by a range of naked mountains, and comprises,
with the townships of Greenhow and Battersby, about
8400 acres, of which nearly 2000 are arable, 2400 meadow and pasture, 500 wood and plantations, and the remainder moorland and waste. The surface is diversified
with hill and dale, is level at the base of the Cleveland
hills, and interspersed with abrupt acclivities and with
wildly romantic features; the soil is a strong clay. Ingleby manor-house, the seat of Sir William Foulis, is a
stately mansion of stone, finely situated on an eminence;
it contains some oak carvings, and an ancient portrait
of Queen Elizabeth. The village is pleasantly seated on
the acclivity of a narrow moorland valley, and has a
strikingly picturesque appearance; it is well built, and
partly inhabited by persons employed in the manufacture
of bricks and tiles. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the patronage of Sir William Foulis, the impropriator;
net income, £67: the tithes have been commuted for
£565. The church was rebuilt in 1741, and is a plain
structure, containing 80 sittings.
Ingleby, North and South
INGLEBY, NORTH and SOUTH, hamlets, in the
parish of Saxelby, wapentake of Lawress, parts of
Lindsey, union and county of Lincoln, 7 miles (N. W.)
from Lincoln; containing respectively 33 and 44 inhabitants. These places comprise 1525 acres, and consist
of seven farms, of which three form North Ingleby, and
belong to the crown. The hamlets lie about a mile north
of the village of Saxelby.
Inglesham (St. John the Baptist)
INGLESHAM (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in
the union of Highworth and Swindon, hundred of
Highworth, Cricklade, and Staple, Cricklade and
N. divisions of Wilts, 2 miles (S.) from Lechlade; containing 125 inhabitants. This parish, which is bounded
on the north and west by the river Isis, comprises by
computation 900 acres, whereof 60 are arable, and the
remainder meadow and pasture. The Thames and Severn canal commences here. The living is a vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £8, and in the gift of the
Bishop of Salisbury: the tithes have been commuted
for £198, and the glebe comprises 44 acres. The church
is a very ancient structure, partly Norman, and partly
in the early English style, with an open campanile turret; it contains many curious details, with some finelysculptured screen-work. In the churchyard are the
pedestal and shaft of a cross.
Ingleton
INGLETON, a township, in the parish of Staindrop, union of Teesdale, S. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 8¼
miles (N. W. by W.) from Darlington; containing 334
inhabitants. The family of Bowes held some lands here
under the Nevills, who possessed the greater part of the
township as a member of Raby. It comprises about
800 acres of land. The village, which is large, is situated on the road from Darlington to Staindrop, from
which place it is distant three miles. The impropriate
tithes have been commuted for £170. The first stone
of a district chapel was laid by the Duke of Cleveland in
1844: the chapel is dedicated to St. John, and is in the
gift of the Incumbent of the parish. A schoolroom,
rebuilt in 1816, is used on Sunday as a place of worship
by Primitive Methodists.
Ingleton
INGLETON, a township and chapelry, in the parish
of Bentham, union of Settle, wapentake of Ewcross,
W. riding of York, 10 miles (N. W.) from Settle; containing 1355 inhabitants. The township comprises by
computation 15,280 acres, of which the upper part, forming a large portion, is sterile moorland and mountain;
the other parts are simply undulated, and on the low
grounds the soil is rich and productive. It is separated
by the river Greta from the parish of Thornton in Lonsdale; and the road from Kendal to Leeds, and that from
Lancaster to Richmond, run through it. The tenure is
customary freehold within the manor of Ingleton, of
which Messrs. Hornby and Roughsedge are lords. The
village is on the Kendal road, at the confluence of two
mountain streams, which form the source of the Greta;
and is sheltered on the north by a lofty range of hills,
among which rise the mountains of Ingleborough,
Whernside, and Pennigant. The small hamlets of Chapel-le-Dale, Twistleton, and Gearstones, are romantically
situated in a deep secluded valley between the mountains of Whernside and Ingleborough, watered by several streams, and abounding with picturesque scenery.
Coal of a tolerably good quality is in abundance; there
are several quarries of lime and freestone, and a slatequarry. The cotton manufacture is carried on to some
extent. Fairs are held in the village on the day preceding Holy-Thursday, and on the 17th of November; and
at Gearstones is a market for corn and oatmeal every
Wednesday. The chapel is an ancient edifice with a
square tower, and contains a fine antique font: the living
is a perpetual curacy; net income, £120; patron, the
Rector of Bentham, whose tithes in Ingleton have been
commuted for £438. At Chapel-le-Dale is a second chapel,
the living of which is also in the Rector's gift; net income, £82. On Ingleton Fells an inconsiderable mountain
torrent alternately merges and re-appears, leaving a
channel of rock, never covered but in floods. Here,
also, is Wethercote cave, a waterfall of great depth and
force, completely subterraneous; the descent is steep
and slippery, beneath a yawning arch of limestone, opposite to which, from a mouth about one third part of
the whole depth from the surface, issues a tremendous
cataract that dashes into a rocky basin beneath, and instantly turns to the left, where its waters are lost in
another dark and dismal aperture which has no visible
termination.
Inglewood-Forest
INGLEWOOD-FOREST, a district, in the parish
and union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of
Cumberland; containing 116 inhabitants.
Inglish-Combe.—See Combe, English.
INGLISH-COMBE.—See Combe, English.
Ingoe
INGOE, a township, in the parish of Stamfordham,
union of Castle ward, N. E. division of Tindale ward,
S. division of Northumberland, 11 miles (N. E.) from
Hexham; containing 231 inhabitants. It comprises
2113a. 27p., and is mostly inhabited by colliers, there
being some pits in the place: the village stands about
four miles north-west of Stamfordham. The tithes have
been commuted for £69. 10. payable to the Bishop of
Durham, and £62 to the vicar, who has also a glebe of
nearly 106¼ acres.
Ingol, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of the county of Lancaster.—See Ashton.
INGOL, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of
the county of Lancaster.—See Ashton.
Ingoldisthorpe (St. Michael)
INGOLDISTHORPE (St. Michael), a parish, in
the union of Docking, hundred of Smithdon, W. division of Norfolk, 10 miles (N. E. by N.) from Lynn;
containing 344 inhabitants. It is intersected by the road
from Lynn to Wells, and comprises 1395a. 1r. 1p., of
which nearly 613 acres are arable, 451 pasture and
meadow, 35 woodland, and 209 common. The surface
is boldly undulated, and the scenery picturesque, being
enlivened by a small stream which winds through the
parish, crosses the marshes, and empties itself into the
sea. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the
king's books at £12, and in the gift of the Rev. John
Leir: the tithes have been commuted for £300, and the
glebe comprises 47½ acres. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave, chancel,
and aisles, with a tower; the font is Norman. Several
Roman coins have been found; and opposite the south
porch of the church is an ancient cross.
Ingoldmells (St. Peter and St. Paul)
INGOLDMELLS (St. Peter and St. Paul), a
parish, in the union of Spilsby, Marsh division of the
wapentake of Candleshoe, parts of Lindsey, county
of Lincoln, 5 miles (N. E.) from Burgh; containing
259 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the
sea-coast, comprises by computation 1147 acres. The
living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books
at £23. 10. 2½.; patron, Mrs. Thoroton: the glebe consists of about 17 acres, and the tithes have been commuted for £120. The church is a handsome edifice in
the decorated style, with a tower. There is a place of
worship for Primitive Methodists.
Ingoldsby (St. Andrew)
INGOLDSBY (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union
of Grantham, wapentake of Beltisloe, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 5¼ miles (N. by E.) from
Corby; containing 402 inhabitants, and comprising
2306a. 3r. 13p. The living is a rector, valued in the
king's books at £21. 6. 10½.; net income, £338; patrons,
the Master and Fellows of Christ College, Cambridge.
There are 67 acres of glebe, with a house. On the verge
of a wood, is an ancient circular camp called Round
Hills.
Ingram (St. Michael)
INGRAM (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of
Glendale, N. division of Coquetdale ward and of
Northumberland, 5 miles (N. W.) from Whittingham;
containing, with the two townships of Fawdon with
Clinch and Hartside, and Reaveley, 220 inhabitants, of
whom 92 are in the township of Ingram with Linop and
Greenshaw-Hill. This parish comprises about 12,000
acres, of which 1100 are arable, 45 woodland and plantations, and the remainder meadow and pasture, of
which about 50 acres have been converted into beds of
gravel by the ravages of the floods. The surface is
mountainous, and the soil extremely various. To the
north of Linop is a remarkable waterfall called Linop
Spout, or Roughting Linn, formed by the descent of a
stream in the Cheviot hills from a rocky precipice 48
feet in perpendicular height. The village is situated on
the river Breamish, which intersects the parish, and,
assuming the name of the Till about four miles to the
east, forms a tributary to the Tweed. The hamlet of
Greenshaw-Hill lies a little to the east of Hartside, near
the road between Wooler and Morpeth. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £24. 16 8.; net
income, £462; patron, R. L. Allgood, Esq.: the glebe
consists of 42 acres. The tithes of Ingram township
have been commuted for £140. The church is an ancient structure of early English architecture; but from
frequent alterations and repairs, conducted without the
slightest regard to harmony of style, very few traces of
its original character remain. At Greenshaw-Hill opposite to Linop, are still considerable remains of a
British city, notwithstanding the removal of many thousand cart-loads of stones, for the construction of fences;
and at each side of the entrance of the valley leading to
the city is a British camp in a very perfect state
About three miles to the north-west of Linop are the
Cardlaw cairns, sepulchral monuments of the earliest
inhabitants of the island. From the traces of foundations of buildings in various parts, and from the indications of early cultivation on the sides of the hills, there
is every reason to infer that the parish was formerly
much more populous than it is at present.