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.

Hempton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Deddington

Historical Forms

  • Hentone 1086 DB 1254 Eynsh 1346 FA
  • Haitona c.1210–18 Eynsh
  • Hyantona 1218–28 Eynsh
  • Heenton c.1230 AD 1300 Ipm
  • Emptone 1285 Ass
  • Hemptone 1285 Ass
  • Hemton 1675 Ogilby
  • Hampton early18th ParColl

Etymology

'(At the) high tūn.' Cf. Henton in Chinnor (107).

Places in the same Parish