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.

Jesmond Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Kingerby

Etymology

, cf. Jesmound 1842TA , perhaps a transferred name from Jesmond Nb , but since it is not on a boundary it can hardly be a nickname of remoteness .