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.

Yealmbridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Yealmpton

Historical Forms

  • Yalmebrugge 1531 Ct
  • Yaulm bridge c.1550 Leland
  • inter pontem Martini et Almenton 1249 Ass

Etymology

[ jæmbridʒ ] is Yalmebrugge 1531Ct , Yaulm bridge c. 1550 Leland. It may be thebridge referred to as inter pontem Martini et Almenton in 1249Ass .