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.

Nymph, East and West

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Tawton

Historical Forms

  • Nymet c.1262 DA 1281 Ass

Etymology

Nymet was originally the name of the river Yeo, near which the farms are situated, v. supra 348.