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In an area mostly populated by Danes in the 7th-8th centuries, a place where English lived would be unusual. Hence, these settlements could be called "English Place" or Ingleton.
Ingleton is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is 19 miles (30 km) from Kendal and 17 miles (28 km) from Lancaster on the western side of the Pennines. It is 9.3 miles (15 km) from Settle;. The River Doe and the River Twiss join together in the village to form the source of the River Greta, itself a tributary of the River Lune. It is on the A65 and a the head of the A687. The B6255 takes the south bank of the River Doe to Ribblehead and Hawes. The village has no railway station, and the railway viaduct that is central to the village has no track, and is used as a walking trail.
Whernside, 5.7 miles (9.2 km) NNE of the village, which is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks is the highest point in the parish at 736 metres (2,415 ft).
The hamlet of Yarlsber lies south-east of Ingleton.
There are major quarries within the parish. Ingleton Granite Quarry is active Meal Bank Quarry no longer is, but extracted Carboniferous limestone and possesses an early Hoffman kiln. Formerly there was a textile mill, and a small coal field supporting twelve or more colleries, but Ingleton is mostly known for its tourism, being partially in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, offering waterfalls in a SSSI, limestone caves and Karst landscape walking opportunities.
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