A Dictionary of English Place-Names by Unknown

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Irton N. Yorks . Iretune 1086 (DB).

‘Farmstead of the Irishmen’.

OScand. Írar + OE tn.

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Irwell (river) Lancs. ,

see IRLAM.

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Isfield E. Sussex. Isefeld 1214.

‘Open land of a man called Isa’.

OE pers. name + feld.

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Isham Northants. Ysham 974, Isham 1086 (DB).

‘Homestead or promontory by the River Ise’.

Celtic river-name (meaning ‘water’) + OE hm or hamm.

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Isis (river) Oxon. , recorded as Isa c.1350, Isis 1577,

an artificial formation from Tamesis, the early form for THAMES, which was falsely interpreted as THAME + Isis.

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