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.

Great and Little Hampton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great and Little Hampton

Historical Forms

  • Hamtona 709 BCS125 c.1200
  • Heantun 780 BCS235 11th
  • Hantun 714 BCS130 16th DB 1086
  • Heamtun 988 KCD662 c.1200
  • Hamtun 988 KCD662 c.1200
  • Hamton c.1086 EveA&B 1190 SR 1275
  • Hampton 1327 SR

Etymology

OE  (æt þæm ) hēan tūne , 'high farm,' the village rises up from the stream and is definitely higher than the corresponding part of Evesham on the opposite bank.

Places in the same Parish

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