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.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
Field
- Adneys Mead
- Brief
- Bushey Lays
- Butty Close
- The Clavery
- College Breach and College Allotment
- Compton Close Down
- Coppice Close
- Corner Mead
- Coster Laines
- Cottage Orchard and Cottage Allotments
- Cow Pen Ground
- Culvers Piece
- Down Land
- Great Mdw
- Ham
- Hedge End Fd
- Hilly Mead
- Home Close
- Hop Platt
- Leaze
- Madam 's Mead
- Mill Close
- New Mdw
- Old Inclosures
- Old Orchard Mdw
- Pig Marsh
- Pigeon House Close
- Pit Piece
- Pond Piece
- Ridgeway Fd
- Rough Ground
- Rye Grass Ground
- Sheep House Ground
- Sling
- Spring Bank
- The Todhams
- The Walks
- The Wells
- The West Side
- Aldeduna
- Apselen
- Buye
- Ellestub
- Handburye
- Hangindeland
- Henlawe
- Litelmed
- Newenham
- Northbreche
- Westhus