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.

Compton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Compton

Historical Forms

  • Contona 1086 DB
  • Cumpton 1234 Fees401 1279 Ipm
  • Compton 1242 Fees789 1333 Ipm
  • Comton 1284 FA
  • Cumbeton 1285 Ipm

Etymology

'Valley farm,' v. cumb , tun . The place is still usually known as Compton Giffard from the family which held the manor in the 13th and 14th centuries (v. Fees 401, 789, FA 1284, etc.).

Places in the same Parish

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