Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Grymssale 1543 DoncCrt

• Grimsalling 1557 Surv

• Crimpsall 1573 Ct

• Crymsal(l) 1579 DoncD 1596 FF

• Crumsall 1610 ib

• Crumpsall 1843 TA

Etymology

Crimpsall, Grymssale 1543DoncCrt 7, Grimsalling 1557Surv , Crimpsall 1573 Ct, Crymsal (l )1579DoncD 99, 1596 FF, Crumsall 1610 ib, Crumpsall 1843TA . The material is not decisive, but as Crimpsall denotes a piece of flat ground in a bend of the Don, the second el. is probably halh used in that sense; the first el. may be some derivative of crumb 'crooked' or be crymel 'a pool' (cf. Crimsworth iii, 200). Initial G - for C - in some spellings is scribal, and Grimsalling contains eng 'meadow'.