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Humble Jumble Row

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • voc' Humbleomble 1392 MinAcct
  • Humble Jumble feild 1572 WCR8
  • Humble Jumble bridge 1607 Surv
  • Humble Jumble closes 1709 WMB
  • Jumbelfield 1607 Surv

Etymology

, loc ' voc ' Humbleomble 1392MinAcct 88,Humble Jumble feild 1572WCR 8, Humble Jumble bridge 1607Surv 10, 3, Humble Jumble closes 1709WMB, Jumbelfield 1607Surv ; this is doubtless e.ModE  jumble ' adisorderly muddle ' ( first recorded c. 1529 as a vb . , ) , with humble as an onomatopaeic intensifier ; humble-jumble is once recorded in 1550 ( NED s.v. , ' an humble iomble or hotch potch ' ) , cf. Jumples iii, 115 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site