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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.

Plompton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Plontone 1086 DB
  • Plumton(d) 1166,1167 P 1181–90 YCh515 1190–1212 YChx 13 Heal130d 1206–1213 FF 1210 P 1212–36 YChx 1243 Fees 1539 Star
  • Plumpton 1214 Abbr 1246 Ass44 1259 Ass 1498 MinAcct
  • Plompton 13 Heal41,130 1388 MinAcct 1547 Testvi

Etymology

'Plum-tree farmstead' (perhaps 'a plum-orchard'), v. plūme , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name