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.

Ember Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thames Ditton

Historical Forms

  • Limeurde 1086 DB
  • Ymmewrthe t.Hy3 ADiii
  • Immewurth(e) 1234 Bracton 1241 Ass 1251 FF
  • Immeworth 1279–85,1292 Ipm
  • Ymmesworthe 1279–85 Ipm
  • Imewurth 1223 ClR 1224 Pat
  • Imeworth(e) 1229 Pat 1316 FA
  • Ymewurth 1233 FF
  • Ymewrthe 1244 FF
  • Imeworth by Kyngeston 1343 Ipm
  • Imeleworth 1255 Ass
  • Ymword 1502–3 ECP
  • Emworth 1504 FF
  • Imworth al. Imbercourt 1533 Recov
  • Imworth al. Imber 1649 DeedsEnrolled
  • Ember Court 1680 Seller

Etymology

'Imma 's farm,' v. worþ . For the later reduction of worth to er cf. Abinger infra 259. Ember is used as the name of a back- water of the Mole close at hand, but is clearly a back-formation from this name.