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.

Highampton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Highampton

Historical Forms

  • Hantona 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Hanitone
  • Hanton 1285 FA
  • Heantone 1282 Exon
  • Heghanton 1303 FA
  • Hehampton 1318 Ch
  • Hegheheauntone 1330 Exon
  • Hegheamton 1336 Ass
  • Hegheyampton 1372 ADC8194
  • Highanton 1492 Ipm

Etymology

'The high farm,' v. heah , tun . Later, when the meaning of the first element had been forgotten, the ME  hegh (e ), 'high,' was added.

Places in the same Parish