Hampton Lovett
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hampton Lovett
Historical Forms
- Hamtona juxta Wiccium emptorium 714 BCS134 14th
- Hātun 817 BCS360 11th
- Heamtun 11th Heming
- Hamtune 1086 DB
- Hamton 1200 Cur
- Hamton Louet 1315 FF
- Hampton' 1242 Fees961
Etymology
This must be OE hamtun. It is not on a hamm and names compounded with that element appear later as Homtun , cf. Hampton Lucy (Wa). The Lovet family had a holding here from the beginning of the 13th cent. (VCH iii. 154).