Okehampton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Okehampton and Okehampton Hamlets
Historical Forms
- æt ocmund tune, ocmund tune, æt ocmond tune, ocmond tune c.970 BCS1245
- Ochenemitona 1086 DB
- Okementon(a) 1167 P 1275 RH
- Ockmenton 1238 FF
- Okemanton 1238 Ass
- Okematon' 1219 Ass
- Okemeton' 1242 Fees756
- Okemptone 1261 Exon
- Ockamaton earlyHy3 BM
- Ocumptona 1222 Bracton
- Okumpton 1274 Ipm
- Ocumtune 1275 RH
- Ochanton 1284 FA
- Okhamptone 1316 FA
- Castalokampton 1349 Ass
- Castel Okhampton 1351 Ass
- Okington 1543 LP
- Okenton t.Hy8 Dartmoor
Etymology
'tun by the river Okement' (supra 11). The name was later associated with the common terminal -hampton , but the local pronunciation [ɔkiŋtən, ɔkəntən] still survives among old people in the district.