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.

Cumpstone Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Compston or Cumpston 1561–1657 PR(B)

Etymology

, cf. Cumpstone Lane Head 1809 PR(B) , named from the local family of Compston or Cumpston (1561–1657 PR(B) 2, 6et freq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name