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.

Culmstock

Major Settlement in the Parish of Culmstock

Historical Forms

  • Culumstocc 938 BCS724
  • Culumstok 1244 Ass
  • Cullumstok 1249 Ass
  • (æt) culmstoke 1050–73 Earle
  • Culmestocha 1086 DB
  • Columbstoke 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'stoc(c) on the river Culm' supra 4.