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.

Kemble

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kemble

Historical Forms

  • Cemele, Kemele 682 BCS 14th 688 14th KCD817 854 P 14th SR 1065 14th 1180 1327
  • Chemele 1086 DB
  • Kemel 1421 ADvi
  • Kembyll 1535 VE
  • Kemble 1613 FF

Etymology

Probably a British p.n. from a word related to Welsh  cyfyl 'border, brink, edge'.In BCS 63, 64 Kemble is described as a wood.