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 Bassett

Major Settlement in the Parish of Compton Bassett

Historical Forms

  • Contone 1086 DB
  • Comtona 1182 BM
  • Cumptone Basset 1228 SarumCh 1272 Ipm
  • Cumptone juxta Calne 1282 Ass
  • Compton juxta Calne 1334 Ass 1403 FF

Etymology

'Farm in the combe or valley,' v. cumb , tun . Fulke Basset held the manor in 1242 (Fees).