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.

Lower Tump & Upper Tump

Other OS name in the Parish of English Bicknor

Historical Forms

  • the Tump 1830 M

Etymology

, the Tump 1830 M , dial . tump ' a small hillock, amound ' , often used in Gl to describe a tumulus or barrow ( cf. EDD s.v. , IPN 158 ) .