Insworke (EN) / Enysker (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Millbrook
Hundred: 
East Wivelshire
Notes: 
Anglo-Saxon geweorc = stronghold, fortified place
Elements: 

enys

Meaning: 
island, isolated place

ker

Meaning: 
fort
Elements notes: 
enys 'isolated place' + ker 'fort'
Historic forms: 
Ineswerke c1250. Innisworke 1269. Ineswork c1280, 1338. Inneswork 1302. Inneswerk 1319, 1331. Eniswork 1361. Ennyswerk 1448. Inneswerke 1473.