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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Enford

Historical Forms

  • Contone 1086 DB
  • Cumpton 1256 Cl
  • Compton juxta Eneford 1298 Ass 1330 Ipm

Etymology

Compton is Contone 1086 DB, Cumpton 1256 Cl, Compton juxta Eneford 1298Ass , 1330 Ipm. 'Farm in the combe or valley,' v. cumb , tun .