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.

Tumbling Bay

Other OS name in the Parish of Amesbury

Historical Forms

  • The Tumling bay (sic) 1676 Sess

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is The Tumling bay (sic)1676 Sess . This term is used ( NED s. v . ) of an outfall from a river or canal . This field lies by the Avon .