Plumpton

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Plumpton

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

proper noun Plumptons · Plimpton

countable, uncountable A western suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
countable, uncountable A northwestern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.
countable, uncountable A village in Hesket parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4937).
countable, uncountable 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.
countable, uncountable Two hamlets, Great Plumpton and Little Plumpton, in Westby-with-Plumptons civil parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England.
countable, uncountable A small village in Weston and Weedon civil parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5948).
countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{plumpton_2026,
  title = {Plumpton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plumpton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}