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.

Yealmpton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Yealmpton

Historical Forms

  • Elintona 1086 DB
  • Alentone 1205 FF
  • Almenton 1249 Ass
  • Yalminton 1244 Ass
  • Ealmintone 1270 Exon
  • Yalmetun 1275 RH
  • Yalmton 1297 Pat
  • Ealmeton 1418 ADvi
  • Ylampton 1287 Pat
  • Yalumptone 1291 Tax
  • Yalampton 1303 FA
  • Yhalampton 1309 Ch 1310 Ipm
  • Yalempton juxta Plympton 1313 Ass
  • Yealampton 1375 Ct
  • Yelhampton 1429 Pat
  • Yampton al. Yealmpton 1670 Recov

Etymology

'Farm by the Yealm river,' supra 17, v. tun .