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.

Northamptonshire

Volume edited by : J. E. B. Gover, Allen Mawer, F. M. Stenton 1933

Historical Forms

  • Hamtunscir 1011 ASC 11th
  • Hamtonascira 11th PeterbA 13th
  • Norðhamtunscir 1114 ASC 12th

Etymology

See further Introd. xviii–xix.