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.

Hampstede

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Lulworth

Historical Forms

  • bosco de Hamsted(e) 13 Weld1
  • 'wood of Hamsted(e)' 1279 Ch
  • boscum qui vocat' Hampsted(e) 1280 Ass
  • 'wood of Hampsted(e)' 1234 Ch 1279 1262 Weld1 1435
  • Hamper's Hill 1841 TA

Etymology

Hampstede (lost), bosco de Hamsted (e )13Weld 1, 'wood of Hamsted (e )'1279 Ch, boscum qui vocat ' Hampsted (e )1280Ass , 'wood of Hampsted (e )'1234 (1279) Ch, 1262 ib, 1435Weld 1, 'homestead', v. hām-stede, Sandred 88, 285. It is possible that the first part of Hamper 's Hill 1841TA contains this lost name, in which case the site of the hām-stede must have been just S of the village at SY 860816.