Compton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Compton
Historical Forms
- Cumtun 1015 KCD722
- Contone 1086 DB
- Cuntuna, Cuntune 1164 P 1200 BM
- Cumtun' 1212 Fees
- Cumpton 1224 Pat
Etymology
'Valley farm,' v. cumb , tun . Occasionally called Compton St John from the holding of that family from the 12th to the 14th cent. (W.B.).