Steeple Bumpstead
Major Settlement in the Parish of Steeple Bumpstead
Historical Forms
- Bum(m)estedā, Bum(m)esteda 1086 DB
- Bum(m)esteda Parua 1187 P
- Stepelbumstede 1267 FF
- Bomstede alatour 1284 FF
Etymology
v. Helion Bumpstead infra 508–9. Bumsted-steple because, according to Norden, it was first adorned with a Steeple or Spire. “'Tis otherwise styled Bumsted ad Turrim , at the Tower, from a Tower that stood near the road leading from Haverill to Bathorne-bridge” (M ii, 348). It is also known as Little Bumpstead.