Hampston Well
Other OS name in the Parish of Burton
Historical Forms
- Hampson's Well 1950 Sheaf345,v.
Etymology
( 109–309743 ) , 1831 Bry , Hampson 's Well 1950 Sheaf3 45, v. wella ' a well, a spring ' . Hampston may be an old p.n. in tūn or stān , cf. Dunstan, Fiddleston supra , but here the origin might also be hump-stone , ' humped-stone ' , v. hump , stān , or hemp-stone ' a stone on which hemp is beaten ' , v. hænep , hemp .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bank Ho
- Bath Wood
- Bentheath Covert
- The Birches
- Burton Barn
- Dunstan Fm
- Dunstan Lane
- Elthorns
- Fiddleston Plantation
- Haddon Wood
- Heath Fm
- Marsh Covert
- The Mere
- Mill Fm & Mill Wood
- Mudhouse Lane
- Mudhouse Wood
- Priestsway
- Badgersrake Fm
- Benty Heys Wood
- Chapelhouse Fm
- The Craxton
- Cross Plantation
- Heybridge Ho
- Newhouse Fm
- Old Hall
- Two Mills Fm