Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Plumyerd 1250 ChFor

• Plumierd 1280 ib

• Plymyerdheth 1331 ib

• Plumyard 1288 ChFor 1539–47 Dugd

• Plumyorde 1407 JRC

• Plumworth 1291 Tax

• Plumʒord 1378 Eyre

• Plymyord 1398 Add 1432 Rental

• Plymyorde 1440 1555 Sheaf

• Plymyerde 1535 VE

• Plymyerd 1539–47 Dugd

• Plymyard 1556–7 Orm2 1579 Dugd

• Plimyorde 1412 JRC

• Plimyard 1579 Dugd 1727 Sheaf 1819 Orm2 1842 OS

• Plimyard Hall 1845 ChetOSviii

• Plimyards 1831 Bry

• Plemyerd 1546 Dugd

• Plymeyarde 1553 Pat

Etymology

'Plum-tree orchard', v. plūme , plȳme , geard . In one instance worð replaces geard . As at Grange Cow Worth 184supra , it seems that worð continued as a significant word in Ch down into ME, possibly into ModE. For Plymyard Dale cf. Dale Hey Lane infra .