Humpton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Coltishall
Historical Forms
- Humpton 13,1237–51,c.1240,c.1280 Holme
- (in campo de) Humptone 13 ib
- Humton(e) 1237–51,c.1240,c.1260 ib
- (in campo de) Humptun c.1250 Coxf
- Humptone c.1260 Holme
Etymology
Humpton (lost), Humpton 13, 1237–51, c. 1240, c. 1280Holme , (in campo de ) Humptone 13ib , Humton (e )1237–51, c. 1240, c. 1260ib , (in campo de ) Humptun c. 1250Coxf , Humptone c. 1260Holme . As hump seems to be a word of late appearance (v. OED), it may be worth considering the tentative suggestion that the first el. of this compound in tūn is Scandinavian, the ODan or OSwed topographical term hump 'clump, lump', or even more tentatively the OScand pers.n. Hundr or Hundi (v. Lind, LindB and DGP II 479). For the phonological development, including loss of interconsonantal d , change of n to m and intrusion of p , cf. the discussion of Bumpstead Ess and Banstead (Bampsted 1597) Sr in Sandred 1963: 196 f., 244 and Fellows Jensen § 108.