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.

Hamper Mills

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watford

Historical Forms

  • Hamper myll 1556 AOMB

Etymology

Hamper Mills (6″) is Hanepole mill c. 1300, Hanepolemulle 1374 Moulton, Hamper myll 1556AOMB . 'Cock-pool,' from OE  hana . Cf. Hampole (PN WRY 87).