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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hampton

Historical Forms

  • Hamntone 1086 DB
  • Hantune c.1130,1163 OxfordCh
  • Hantona 1165,1184 P
  • Hamton 1202 Cur 1223 Pat 1230 Cl 1235,1294 Ass
  • Hampton 1237 Cl
  • Hampton juxta Kyngeston 1293 FF
  • Hampton on Thames 1343 Pat

Etymology

'Farm in the hamm,' v. tun . hamm must here have reference to the great bend in the river. Kingston lies just on the other side of the river.

Places in the same Parish