Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Kemelford(e) 1332 Inqaqd 1598 DA

• Kemylford(e) 1571 Wills

• Kemelford or Keymelford or Kembleford or Kemylford 1754 Recov

Etymology

If the first element is identical with that of Camel's Head supra 240, there is a possibility that it was an old name of the river Yeo or of one of its head streams. If this is the case, we have an example of river-worship as in Brent and Dee (Ekwall RN 51, 117).