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.

Emmett

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bishop's Tawton

Historical Forms

  • Emytt 1523 SR
  • Empnete 1333 SR

Etymology

This is OE  emnet , 'plain, level ground,' from emn , ef (e )n , 'even, level.' There is comparatively flat land just here.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement