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

  • Plumtone 1086 DB
  • Plumton(am) t.Wm2 Lewes 1201 Cur 1229 Cl 1235 FF
  • Plumptune 1091–1125 ADA14176
  • Plumpton(e) 1275 FF
  • Plompton 1279 QW 1291 Tax 1304 Ipm
  • Plimpton 1426 IpmR
  • Plympton 1463 IpmR

Etymology

'Plum farm,' v. plume , tun .