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.

Crimpsall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Doncaster

Historical Forms

  • Grymssale 1543 DoncCrt
  • Grimsalling 1557 Surv
  • Crimpsall 1573 Ct
  • Crymsal(l) 1579 DoncD 1596 FF
  • Crumsall 1610 ib
  • Crumpsall 1843 TA

Etymology

Crimpsall, Grymssale 1543DoncCrt 7, Grimsalling 1557Surv , Crimpsall 1573 Ct, Crymsal (l )1579DoncD 99, 1596 FF, Crumsall 1610 ib, Crumpsall 1843TA . The material is not decisive, but as Crimpsall denotes a piece of flat ground in a bend of the Don, the second el. is probably halh used in that sense; the first el. may be some derivative of crumb 'crooked' or be crymel 'a pool' (cf. Crimsworth iii, 200). Initial G - for C - in some spellings is scribal, and Grimsalling contains eng 'meadow'.