Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Leminingtvne 1086 DB

• Lemelinton' 1220 Fees

• Lemeninton' 1221 Eyre

• Limentone 1086 DB

• Lyminton 1303 FA

• Nether Lymyngton c.1560 Surv

• Lemeinton 12 Pat 1496

• Leomintona 1105 Tewk94d

• Lemmintone 1236 Theok

• Lemmyngton' 1287 Ass

• Lemiton' 1248 Ass

• Lemynton(e) 1287 QW 1291 Tax 1327 SR 1481 FF

• North Lemynton(e) 1287 Ass

• Lemynton(e) iuxta Todenham 1307 FF

• Lemynton(e) Power 1328 Banco

• Lemynton(e) Hennemersh 1373 FF

• Ouer Lemynton(e) 1493 FF

• Lemyngton, Lemington 1426 Pat 1540 AOMB

• Nether Lemington, Over Lemington 1587,1627 FF

• Doferburna in 977 KCD 614

• de Power (1328 Banco)

Etymology

The first el. of this obscure name is probably, as Ekwall proposed, an old stream-name; this might be Limen , from Brit  *lemo- 'elm' such as we have in Lympne (K) or R. Leam (Wa 4), from which Leamington (Wa 138) is named. The OE  forms of those names have Lim -, Leom -, and in Leamington (as in Lemington) the ME  spellings in Lem - predominate. 'Farmstead near the stream called Limen ', v. ing 4 (usually lost partly through dissimilation), tūn . The stream is that which runs by Lemington to Knee Brook; it can hardly be Knee Brook itself as that stream was called Doferburna in 977 KCD 614.The place was called 'Power' from Ralph de Power (1328 Banco).Over or Upper Lemington survives as Lemington Manor.