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.

Pimperne

Other OS name in the Parish of Melbury Osmond

Etymology

, 1811 OS , 1838TA , no doubt analogous with Pimperne par . 2 110 – 12 ( q. v. for discussion of this difficult name ) ; it is situated on a small unnamed stream . It is of course possible that it is a transferred name from that of the par .