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.

Compton Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Firle

Historical Forms

  • Contone 1086 DB
  • Cuntuna 1165 P
  • Cumton, Cumptona 1174 P
  • Cumpton in parochia de Westferle 1280 FF

Etymology

Compton Wood (6″) is Contone 1086 DB, Cuntuna 1165 P, Cumton , Cumptona 1174 P, Cumpton in parochia de Westferle 1280 FF, v. cumb , tun . Occasionally called Compton Berwick or Barwick and Berwick St John from the holding of the Knights Hospitallers (i.e. of St John of Jerusalem) (W.B.).