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.

Wemmergill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Romaldkirk

Historical Forms

  • Wymundergil 1265 Ebor

Etymology

'Wymund's ravine' from the ON  pers. n. Vígmundr , gen. Vígmundar (suggested by Lindkvist on the evidence of the OSwed  runic name VikmuntR ) and gil .