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.

Hampton Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Minsterworth

Historical Forms

  • Hampton(e) 12,1154–89 Glouc 1250 GlR c.1275 For
  • Nether Hampton(e) 1597 FF

Etymology

Hampton Fm, Hampton (e )12, 1154–89 Glouc, 1250 GlR, c. 1275For , Nether Hampton (e )1597FF . 'Farmstead near the water-meadow', v. hamm , tūn ; it stands on the north-western edge of Minsterworth Ham.