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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rumblesmore

Early-attested site in the Parish of Overbury

Etymology

This is a bit of black marshy land (v. mor ) on the Kemerton boundary (ex inf. Mr Holland Martin). It corresponds to the Rumballs Moore of the 1649 Survey. That is almost certainly the Rumwoldes mor of BCS 541, which is on the bounds of Overbury, with lost intervening forms Rumold -, Rumbold -.There is also a Romells Moore in the 1649 Survey which would suit the OE form even better, but we do not know its site.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement