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.

Plympton Erle

Major Settlement in the Parish of Plympton Erle or St Maurice

Historical Forms

  • Plympton Comitis 1299 Ass
  • Plympton Erle 15th ECP1,260
  • Plympton Earls 1485 Ipm

Etymology

This was the town which grew up around the castle which formed the head of the Honour of Plympton, held by the Redvers earls of Devon. The parish is now commonly named after the dedication of the parish church to St Maurice, in contrast to Plympton St Mary supra 251.

Places in the same Parish

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