Hampen
Early-attested site in the Parish of Shipton
Historical Forms
- Hagepinne 1086 DB
- Hagapennid c.1145 France
- Hagenepene 1086 DB
- Hagenepenne 12 France 1234 Cl
- Hagnepenne 1194–1221,1200,1215 WinchLB
- Haghenepenn(e) 1221 Ass 1236 FF
- Angnepenn, Hangnepenn 1221 Ass
- Haunepenne 1241 FF 1287 Ass 1327 SR 1439 FF
- Hennepenne 1248 Ass
- Haw(e)nepenne 1274 RH 1333 Ipm
- Hannepenne superior' 1285,1303 FA
- Hanpenne 1507 Rent
- Havenepenn' 1201 Tax
- Havenpen 1527 Monast 1535 VE 1540 AOMB
- Over Havenpen, Nether Havenpen 1553 FF
- Hampen(ne) 1507 Rent831 1535 VE 1563 FF
- Hampen(ne) inferior, Hampen(ne) superior 1575 FF
- Hampen(ne) als. Havenpen 1584 Comm
Etymology
'Hagena's pen or enclosure', v. penn 2 (found also in Pen Barn infra ). The OE pers.n. Hagena occurs in the poem Waldere ii, 15 as that of a Burgundian and as the ruler of the continental Holm -Ryge in Widsith 21, as Hagona in Kentish charters (BCS 42, 78, etc.) and in the p.ns. haganan treae (BCS 247) and Haunton (St), Hagnatun 942 BCS 771. It is usually regarded as an early borrowing from OG Hagano (Forssner 138–9) and cognate with ODan Haghni , ON Hǫgni ; the ON name is considered to be the source of DB Haganus , Hagana , etc. (Feilitzen 282). Feilitzen thinks a native equivalent might have existed in early OE, but the sporadic occurrence of the name in much later times may be due to a memory of the legends of the heroic age, as also is the pers.n. in Withington (186infra ); cf. IPN 186–8, Introd. The development of Hagene - to Haun - is normal (cf. Phonol. § 35).