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.

Plymstock

Major Settlement in the Parish of Plymstock

Historical Forms

  • Plemestocha 1086 DB
  • Plumstok 1228 FF
  • Plimstok 1244,1281 Ass
  • Plimpstok 1284 FA

Etymology

The meaning is either 'plum-tree stocc' or 'stoccnear the Plym river.' v. Plympton, Plym supra 251–2, 12.