Talk:Plungington
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I feel sure that the local library will have some idea of the origin of the name - it existed before any of the roads in the area were built Peter Shearan 14:05, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
The name "Plungington" is unlikely to be eponymous, since there is apparently no person named Plungington in the 1861, 1881 or 1901 Census. The suggestion that the name relates to the plunging or up and down nature of the area is unlikely, since the word "plunge" (from the French) came into our language in Norman times, whereas ...ing and tun or ton date from Saxon times. ..Ing can mean either a meadow, or "ingas" a people, or "..ing..." can mean connected with. There is however the use of the word "Plungy" in Chaucer (see Imperial Dictionary of 1894 based upon Webster)which means "wet; rainy". Therefore, one can surmise that Plungington was a settlement around a wet meadow. (The adjacent locality of Withy Trees where willow trees, gives credence to the wet nature of the land around "Plungie", as it continues to be called). Linda Martin
