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 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.).