Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hantonia, Hantone 1082,Hy2,1180–7,1304 France 1086 DB 1358 Ch

• Hamton(i)a 1154–89 Berk 1246 Ch

• Hampton(e) 1215 ADiii 1220 Fees 1221,1248 Ass 1276 RH 1631 InqM

• Hampton(e) Monialium 1220–30 Berk 1269 1553 FF

• Hampton(e) Abbatisse 1221 Ass

• Mun(e)chen(e) Hampton(e) 1221 Ass 1215 ADiii 1287 FF 1291 Tax 1294 Cl 1416 Pat

• Mun(ne)chenne Hampton(e) 1305,1308 Ipm

• Munechyn Hampton(e) 1371 ib

• Munchynhampton, Munchinhampton 1411 Pat 1609 FF

• Min(e)chenhampton, Mynchenhampton, Mynchinhampton, Mynchynhampton 1221 Ass 1316 FA 1320 Pat 1368 Works 1409 Pat 1756 PR

• Mynchonhampton 1347 Rent

• Mynchunhampton 1400 1405,1417 Pat

• Men(e)chene Hampton(e) 1282 Episc 1287 Ass

• Moenchen Hampton(e) 1313 Fine

• Monechene Hampton(e) 1308 Ipm

• Monchyn Hampton(e) 1379 MinAcct

• Michelhampton, Mychelhampton 1403,1461 Pat 1583 FF

• Muchelhampton 1474 Pat

• Mitchellhampton 1598 Comm

• Myncherhampton 1549 Pat

• Minsinghampton 1672 PR

• Mincinghampton 1675 Ogilby

• Mincenhampton 1684 PR

Etymology

'The high farmstead or village', v. hēah (weak obl. hēan ), tūn , so called from its high situation. The affixes are from Lat  monialis 'nun', abbatissa 'abbess' and OE  myncen (gen.pl. myncena ) and refer to the nuns of the Trinity at Caen in Normandy, to whom the manor was granted c. 1080.