Hampton (place name)

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The place name Hampton is of Old English origin and is common in England, particularly in the South of England and Central England. It can exist as a name in its own right or as a prefix or suffix. The name suggests a farm settlement, especially one where pastoral farmers keep livestock on flood-meadow pastures.

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The name was exported around the world both as a place-name and as a surname, especially to those countries where the English language is an official language. Examples of place-names include:

Etymology

The English toponymist P. H. Reaney has suggested that the name element Hampton may derive from:

  1. Old English hām + tūn – "village with a home farm". [a] [b] [c]
  2. Old English hamm + tūn – "village with a flood-meadow or pasture". [d] [e] [f]

The English toponymist Victor Watts has suggested the following possibilities:

  1. Old English hēah + tūn – "high settlement" [3] [g]
  2. Old English hamm + tūn: [3]
    1. "settlement or estate in a river bend".
    2. "settlement or estate between rivers".
  3. Old English hām + tūn – "home farm". [3]

Examples (home farm)

Examples of Old English hām and tūn – "village with a home farm":

Place nameLocationOS GridHistoric landownerHome farm Listed River name
Hampton Gay Oxfordshire SP4816 Robert de GayManor FarmGrade II [4] River Cherwell [h]
Hampton Poyle Oxfordshire SP5015 Walter de la Poyle [i] Manor Farm [j] [k] River Cherwell [l]
Hampton Lovett Worcestershire SO8865 Lovet family [m] Hampton Farm [n] Grade II [5] Elmbridge Brook

Examples (meadow)

Examples of Old English hamm and tūn – "village with a flood-meadow or pasture":

Place nameLocationOS GridDerivation
Hampton Richmond upon Thames TQ1370 River Thames [o] [p]
Hampton Lucy Warwickshire SP2557 River Avon [q] [r]

Examples (high settlement)

Examples of Old English hēah and tūn – "high settlement":

Place nameLocationOS GridDerivationRiver name
Hampton Evesham, Worcestershire SP0243 High ground [s] River Isbourne – River Avon [t]
Hampton in Arden Solihull, West Midlands SP2081 High ground [u] River Blythe [v]

Examples in England

Hampton

Hampton (prefix)

Examples of Hampton followed by a name, usually of a landowner:

Hampton (suffix)

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References

  1. 1 2 Reaney 1969, p. 39.
  2. ↑ Clark Hall 1916, p. 315.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Watts 2007, pp. 275.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "MANOR FARMHOUSE (Hampton Gay) (1220147)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "HAMPTON FARMHOUSE (1288148)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 August 2023.

Notes

  1. ↑ Chapter Two PLACE-NAME STUDY (P H Reaney). . .Examples of Hampton from Old English hām and tūn – "village with a home farm":
  2. ↑ WiKtionary : Old English < hām >
    1. " home ".
    2. " property, estate, farm ".
    3. " village; community ".
  3. ↑ WiKtionary : Old English < tun >
    1. " an enclosed piece of ground "
    2. " a village or town "
  4. ↑ Chapter Two PLACE-NAME STUDY (P H Reaney). . .Examples of Hampton from Old English hamm and tūn:
  5. ↑ WiKtionary: Old English < hamm >
    1. " enclosure, piece of enclosed land (especially land enclosed by a river) ".
  6. ↑ Dictionary – Old English ( Clark Hall ) < hamm >
    1. " piece of pasture land "
    2. " enclosure "
    3. " dwelling ". [2]
  7. ↑ The settlement may be on high ground beside a flood meadow.
  8. ↑ Manor Farm is beside a flood-meadow of the River Cherwell.
  9. ↑ English Place-Names (Victor Watts)
    < Hampton Poyle > ( hām + tūn )
    . . .“held by the Poyle family. . . [3]
  10. ↑ Manor Farm is at the end of Church lane west of the church.
  11. ↑ See Hampton Poyle > social history > . . .parish church and Manor Farm.
  12. ↑ Manor Farm is beside a flood-meadow of the River Cherwell.
  13. ↑ English Place-Names (Victor Watts)
    < Hampton Lovett > ( hām + tūn )
    . . .“belonging to the Lovet family. . . [3]
  14. ↑ Hampton Farmhouse is on high ground north-east of the railway line.
  15. ↑ English Place-Names (Victor Watts)
    < Hampton > ( hamm + tūn ) . . ."The reference is to a great bend of the River Thames . . . [3]
  16. ↑ The derivation suggests that Hampton was originally a farm settlement where pastoral farmers kept livestock on the flood-meadow beside the River Thames.
  17. ↑ English Place-Names (Victor Watts)
    < Hampton Lucy > ( hamm + tūn ). . ."held by the Lucy family. . .It lies in a large bend of the River Avon. . . [3]
  18. ↑ The village is near an island created by a bifurcation of the River Avon.
  19. ↑ English Place-Names (Victor Watts)
    < Hampton > ( hēah + tūn ) . . . "The village occupies raised ground between Merry Brook and the River Isbourne. . . [3]
  20. ↑ The settlement is near the confluence of the rivers Isbourne and Avon.
  21. ↑ English Place-Names (Victor Watts)
    < Hampton in Arden > ( hēah + tūn ) "The village occupies a plateau of high ground" [3]
  22. ↑ The settlement is near an island created by a bifurcation of the River Blythe.

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