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.

The Clump

Other OS name in the Parish of Bibury

Historical Forms

  • Clump patch 1840 TA

Etymology

, Clump patch 1840TA , a long barrow ; the name is from e.ModE  clump ' a cluster of trees ' ( 1586 NED s.v . ) .