Ible

Human settlement in England

Region

53°06′40″N 1°37′48″W / 53.111°N 1.630°W / 53.111; -1.630

Ible (pronounced 'eyebull', or 'ib-ull') is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England, just within the Peak District National Park.^[1]

It is near the Via Gellia valley, the historic market town of Wirksworth and village of Bonsall, and is on the route of the Limestone Way^[1]^[2] and the Peak District Boundary Walk.^[3]

The name of the hamlet is derived from the Old English for "Ibba's Hollow".^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey.
^ "The Limestone Way Walker's Guide" (PDF). Visit Peak District. February 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ McCloy, Andrew (2017). Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park. Friends of the Peak District. ISBN 978-1909461536.
^ English Place-Name Society database at Nottingham University