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.

Tumberlands

Other OS name in the Parish of South Perrott

Historical Forms

  • Inner Tumberland ib

Etymology

, 1838TA , Inner Tumberland ib , origin uncertain , but the first el . may be the surname Tumber ( from ME  tumbere , tombere ' atumbler or dancer ' ) .