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.

Ham Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bampton

Etymology

Ham Court. Cf. pastura q. v. Hamm 1239 Ch. v. hamm , courte .The building incorporates the gatehouse of Bampton Castle, built by Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, in the early 14th century.

Places in the same Parish