Plumpton

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Plimpton

Etymology

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.

Proper noun

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

1. A placename:
   1. A western suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
   2. A northwestern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.
   3. A village in Hesket parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4937).
   4. A village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3513). The railway station and racecourse are at Plumpton Green to the north.
   5. Two hamlets, Great Plumpton and Little Plumpton, in Westby-with-Plumptons civil parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England.
   6. A small village in Weston and Weedon civil parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5948).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Plumpton Green
• Westby-with-Plumptons

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Plumpton is the 123064^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 140 individuals. Plumpton is most common among White (100.0%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Plumpton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.