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 Gay

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hampton Gay and Poyle

Historical Forms

  • Hantone 1086 DB
  • Hantuna c.1170 AddCh
  • Hantona c.1170 Os c.1198
  • Hantone Gai 1220–2 Os
  • Gaites Hantun 1254–5 RH
  • Hanton Gay 1320 Ch
  • Hamtona Gaitorum c.1130 OxonCh 1186–91 Os
  • Hamtona a.1173 OxonCh 1203 Cur
  • Hamtune Gaitorum c.1185 Os
  • Gaithamtone c.1195 Os
  • Geithamton 1203 NRSv
  • Hamtone la Gay, Hamtona la Gayt c.1215 Os
  • Hamton' Gay 1242–3 Fees
  • Hamton Gay 1300 Ipm
  • Amtune a.1173 Os c.1198
  • Hemptone Gaytorum c.1185 Os c.1198 Os late13th
  • Hemptone 1189(late13th),c.1225,c.1235 Os
  • Hemptona Gayt c.1225 Os
  • Hempton Gey 1314 Ipm
  • Hamptone la Gai c.1195 Os
  • Geiteshamptone c.1200 Os
  • Hamptone la Gait c.1205 Os
  • Gaithamptone c.1210 Os
  • Hampton le Gayt 1222 FF
  • Hamptone Gayt c.1235 Os
  • Hampton' Gay 1242–3 Fees 1275–6 RH 1284–5 FA 1297 CornAcc
  • Hampton Gaye 1268 Ch
  • Hampton' et altera Hampton' 1268 Ass
  • Geyhamptone ad pontem 1285 Ass
  • parva Hamptone early14th Os
  • Hamptone Gay 1320 Os
  • Hamptone cum Northbroc Gaytorum 1389 Os
  • Ampton Gaye 1263 Ipm

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement