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.

Clampitt

Early-attested site in the Parish of Christow

Historical Forms

  • La Clampitte 1219 FF
  • la Clampette 1281 Ass
  • atte Clampytte 1333 SR

Etymology

'Muddy pit or hollow,' the first element being OE  clām , 'mud, clay,' still surviving in Devon and Somerset dialectal cloam . Cf. Clampitt in Linkinhorne (Co), Clompitte 1358 FF.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement