Ings

For other uses, see Ings (disambiguation).

Ings is an old word of Old English origin referring to water meadows and marshes.

The Wetherby Ings on the River Wharfe at Wetherby, West Yorkshire

Wetherby Ings underwater as occurs in most years

The term appears in place names in Yorkshire (such as Hall Ings, Bradford, Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve, Clifton Ings in York, Derwent Ings, Sutton Ings, Acaster South Ings, and Wetherby Ings), as well as in Cumbria,^[1] and in Lincolnshire.^[2]

"Ings" may be of direct Old English origin or potentially borrowed into Old English from Old Norse.

See also

• Wetlands portal

• Carr (landform)

References

1. "Beckmickle Ing", www.woodlandtrust.org.uk, archived from the original on 14 October 2013, retrieved 29 June 2012
2. "Far Ings Nature Reserve", www.lincstrust.org.uk

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