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.

Plumpton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Plumpton

Historical Forms

  • Pluntun(e) 1086 DB 1162 P 1217 ClR
  • Plumton(e) c.1160 Add 1377 Cl
  • Plumton juxta Wedone Pynkeny 1289 FF
  • Plumton al. Plumpton 1304 Ipm
  • Plumpton 1220 Fees
  • Plumpton Seint Johan 1341 ADiv
  • Plomton 12th Survey 1377 Cl

Etymology

'Plum farm,' v. tun . William de Seynt John had a holding here in 1304 (Ipm).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site