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.

Nymet Rowland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Nymet Rowland

Historical Forms

  • Limet 1086 DB
  • Nimet Rollandi 1242 Fees783
  • Nymet Rolaund 1292 Ipm
  • Numet Rolond 1374 Exon
  • Nemytroland 1558 Wills

Etymology

v. George Nympton supra 348. The distinctive manorial addition is probably to be traced to Rolandus de Nimet (1166 RBE).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site