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.

Impney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dodderhill

Historical Forms

  • Ymeneia, Imenea, Imeneye, Ymeneye 1176 P 1210 RBE 1212 Fees140 1271 For
  • Impney 1658 FF

Etymology

'Imma's low-lying well-watered ground,' v. eg . For this name cf. Immingham (L) and ymman holigne in the bounds of Old Swinford (BCS 1023).