English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Kemplee

Early-attested site in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Kempeleye 13 Crk5
  • Kempley 1647,1656 PR
  • Kemplee 1654,1660 1699 BdyR(Og5) 1730 Hothf

Etymology

Kemplee, Kempeleye 13Crk 5(p), Kempley 1647, 1656 PR, Kemplee 1654, 1660 ib, 1699BdyR (Og 5), 1730Hothf . v. cempa 'warrior', probably as the ME  surname Kempe (Reaney 188), lēah 'clearing'.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site