Hampton (place name)

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..." Cherwell winds with devious coil
Round Hampton Gay and Hampton Poyle."

— From a poem by A. D. Godley.[1]

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.

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[edit]

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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"[4][g]
  2. Old English hamm + tūn:[4]
    1. "settlement or estate in a river bend".
    2. "settlement or estate between rivers".
  3. Old English hām + tūn – "home farm".[4]

Examples (home farm)[edit]

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

Place name Location OS Grid[5] Historic landowner Home farm Listed River name
Hampton Gay Oxfordshire SP4816[6] Robert de Gay Manor Farm Grade II[7] River Cherwell[h]
Hampton Poyle Oxfordshire SP5015[8] Walter de la Poyle[i] Manor Farm[j][k] River Cherwell[l]
Hampton Lovett Worcestershire SO8865[9] Lovet family[m] Hampton Farm[n] Grade II[10] Elmbridge Brook

Examples (meadow)[edit]

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

Place name Location OS Grid[5] Derivation
Hampton Richmond upon Thames TQ1370[11] River Thames[o][p]
Hampton Lucy Warwickshire SP2557[12] River Avon[q][r]

Examples (high settlement)[edit]

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

Place name Location OS Grid[5] Derivation River name
Hampton Evesham, Worcestershire SP0243[13] High ground[s] River Isbourne – River Avon[t]
Hampton in Arden Solihull, West Midlands SP2081[14] High ground[u] River Blythe[v]

Examples in England[edit]

Hampton[edit]

Hampton (prefix)[edit]

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

Hampton (suffix)[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stone 2014, pp. 72.
  2. ^ a b Reaney 1969, p. 39.
  3. ^ Clark Hall 1916, p. 315.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Watts 2007, pp. 275.
  5. ^ a b c MAGiC Map
  6. ^ "MAGiC Map : Manor Farm, Hampton Gay". Natural England – Magic in the Cloud.
  7. ^ Historic England. "MANOR FARMHOUSE (Hampton Gay) (1220147)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  8. ^ "MAGiC Map : Manor Farm, Hampton Poyle". Natural England – Magic in the Cloud.
  9. ^ "MAGiC Map : Hampton Farmhouse, Hampton Lovett". Natural England – Magic in the Cloud.
  10. ^ Historic England. "HAMPTON FARMHOUSE (1288148)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  11. ^ "MAGiC Map : Hampton, Richmond upon Thames". Natural England – Magic in the Cloud.
  12. ^ "MAGiC Map : Hampton Lucy". Natural England – Magic in the Cloud.
  13. ^ "MAGiC Map : Hampton near Evesham". Natural England – Magic in the Cloud.
  14. ^ "MAGiC Map : Hampton in Arden". Natural England – Magic in the Cloud.

Notes[edit]

  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 ".[3]
  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. . .[4]
  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. . .[4]
  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 . . .[4]
  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. . .[4]
  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. . .[4]
  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"[4]
  22. ^ The settlement is near an island created by a bifurcation of the River Blythe.

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