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.

Hampole

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hampole

Historical Forms

  • Honepol 1086 DB
  • Hanepol(e) 1086 DB c.1090 Dugdiv 1109–40 YChvi 1142–86 RegAlbi,71b 1155–70etfreqto1214 YChiii,vi,viii 13 1230 Ebor 1243 Fees 1254 Nost74 1345 Ass12d
  • Hampol(e) 1202–8 Ass 1335 Baild 1366 Test 1822 Langd
  • Hampoll(e) 1281 Ebor 1428 FA
  • Hampul(l) 1349 Testiv 1393 1459 KirkstRent
  • Hampoule 1449 Testii
  • Hampaule 1467 ib
  • Hampall 1540 MonRent

Etymology

'Hana's pool', from the OE  pers.n. Hana and pōl. This was Richard Rolle's Hampole. Cf. Hamphall Stubbs ii, 43infra .