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

Other OS name in the Parish of Farnham

Historical Forms

  • Cumpton 1241 Ass
  • Compton juxta Waverle 1350 FF

Etymology

is Cumpton 1241Ass , Compton juxta Waverle 1350 FF . ' Valley farm , ' cf. Compton infra 194 .