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 Stoop

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Plumton' (gate) 1307 YI
  • Plompton Gate 1540 Fount
  • Plompton Gaites 1548 Vyner
  • Plumpton gayt 1576 Wheater

Etymology

Plumpton Stoop, Plumton ' (gate )1307 YI, Plompton Gate 1540 Fount, Plompton Gaites 1548Vyner , Plumpton gayt 1576 Wheater. 'Plum orchard', v. plūme , tūn . The 'stoop' was on the boundary of the Forest of Knaresborough; the 'road' (v. gata ) is now called Black Gate 137supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site