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.

Plumtree

Major Settlement in the Parish of Plumtree

Historical Forms

  • Pluntre 1086 DB
  • Plumtre 1175 Ch 1337 Wollaton c.1180 Ipm 1352
  • Plumptre 1263,1321 Ipm 1265 Misc 1428 FA
  • Plumbtre 1280 Ass
  • Plomtre 1310,1352 Ipm
  • Plomptre 1419 IpmR
  • Plumtree 1574 Recov
  • Plumbtree 1604 ib
  • Wapentak de Plumptre 1266 FF
  • Plumptre wapentake 1310 Ipm
  • Plumtre wapentake 1330 ib

Etymology

Self-explanatory. Cf. Plumtree Fm supra 80. In early records there is mention of a Wapentak de Plumptre 1266FF , Plumptre wapentake 1310 Ipm, Plumtre wapentake 1330 ib.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site