Does anyone know or can guess the origin of the name of the place "Intake"?
I know that there's another place called Intake in Doncaster, and apparently that's named after a farm.
But the internet hasn't helped and I'd really like to know:confused:

These people should be able to help:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/research/EPNS/ :thumbsup:

Strix

Many thanks for your help.
The link is dead right now . I'll try again later.

Phizzy:)

not dead here :confused:

Janet.Rudkin@nottingham.ac.uk :thumbsup:

Thanks Strix
I've e-mailed Jane Rudkin and hopefully she'll be able to help.:)

Remember to post her reply here :thumbsup:

Dying to know myself now ;)

INTAKE - name given to land "taken in" or cultivated.
Probably in Mediaeval times.

Granma

Does that make it an enclosed common then?

Not sure about the specifics here, but a lot of "Intake"s refer to a place where water is diverted from a river or stream to feed a mill pond, mill race or canal.

OOPS ! I think I've opened up a bit of a can of worms here. But what a briiliant discussion and I'm learning a lot.

No reply from Janet Rudkin as yet!:)

I've had a reply about the origin of the name "Intake" from a very nice man called Dr Paul Cavill at Nottingham University. According to him, the name is Old Scandanavian in origin and means....

"Land newly enclosed from waste":clap:

:clap: and welcome to Sheffield Forum BTW :wave:

I trust we'll be seeing more of you ;)

if its in a mining area then it comes from the pit...the intake was the downshaft, if you go down a pit you are said to be going in-by, returning, outby

Land of waste, sounds like intake to me! It needs to be newly enclosed tho.