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.

Kimpton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kimpton

Historical Forms

  • Kamintone 1086 DB
  • Camentone 1235 FF
  • Kumyntone 1346 FA
  • Kymeton(e) 1236 Wells 1248 FF
  • Kyminton(e) 1271 Pat
  • Kymmeton(e) 1275 RH
  • Kymyngton(e) 1291 Tax
  • Kymynton(e) 1304 FF
  • Kemiton(e) t.Hy3,1303 FA
  • Keminton(e) 1235 Cl
  • Kemyton(e) 1287 FF
  • Kemynton 1330 Ch
  • Kympton 1369 FF 1428 FA
  • Kympton Street 1670 MarLic
  • Kempton 1647 FF

Etymology

'Farm of Cyma ,' v. ingtun .