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.

Hillhampton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hillhampton

Historical Forms

  • Hilhamatone 1086 DB
  • Hullmanton 1255 Ass
  • Hulhamton 1240 WoP 1275 SR 1285 Wigorn
  • Hullam(p)ton 1408 Pat 1424 IpmR
  • Hillanton, Hillington 1605 QSR 17th VCHiv.293

Etymology

OE  hyll -hǣma -tūn , 'farm of the hill-dwellers,' v. hyll , hæme , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site