Hampnett
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hampnett
Historical Forms
- Heamtun 1061 KCD823
- Hanton(e) 1086 DB 12 Ch 1267
- Hampton(a) e.12 OxfCh 1274 RH 1330 Ch
- Hamtonet(t) 1211–13 Fees 1227 Ch 1282 Ipm
- Hamptonet(t) 1212 ClR 1220 Fees 1263 FF c.1270 Oseney Ed1 BM 1500 ECP
- Hamptenet(te) 1287 FF 1290 Episc 1360 Ipm
- Hampenet 1458,1529 FF
- Hampnet(t) 1447 MinAcct 1454 FF 1714 PR
Etymology
'(At) the high farmstead', v. hēah (wk.dat. hēan ), tūn . As with the two Hampnetts in Sx 67, 78, the French diminutive suffix -et was added by the 13th century.