Compton Beauchamp
Major Settlement in the Parish of Compton Beauchamp
Historical Forms
- (æt) Cumtune 955 BCS908 c.1240
- Cumton' Beucamp 1235–6 Fees
- Contone 1086 DB
- Compton' c.1120–30(c.1425)(p),c.1300(c.1425) Frid 1327 SR
- Compton alias Cumton by the Whytehorse 1322 Ipm
- Compton by Whitehors 1348–9 InqMisc
- Compton Bechaump 1370 Ipm
- Compton Beaucheme 1535 VE
- Compton Beachampe 1548–9 RentSur
- Cumpton' 1205 Cur
- Cumpton' Walteri de Bello campo 1220 Fees
- Cumpton', Cumptun' 1242–3 ib
- Cumpton near le Witehors 1273 Ipm
- Campton Beauchamp 1370 Fine
- Conyngtone 1428 FA
Etymology
'Valley-farm', v cumb , tūn . Compton Ho lies in a recess in the escarpment of the Downs. The suffixes distinguish this place from Compton near Ilsley (498), about 15 miles E. Walter de Beauchamp was the holder 1220 Fees.