Plumpton

• (surname): Plimpton

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

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. ^[1]
   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.

• Plumpton Green
• Westby-with-Plumptons

• 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.

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