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.

Skimpot

Other OS name in the Parish of Biddestone

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is probably a nickname of contempt . Cf. Skimpot Fm (PN Herts 31) and infra 455 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement