Compton Chamberlayne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Compton Chamberlayne
Historical Forms
- Contone 1086 DB
- Cumpton 1208,1234 FF 1249 Ass
- Compton Chamberleyne 1316 FA
- le Chaumberleng in 1234 (ib.)
Etymology
'Farm in the combe or valley,' v. cumb , tun . Robert Camerarius held the manor in 1208 (FF), Geoffrey le Chaumberleng in 1234 (ib.).