Hampton (place name)

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.

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

— From a poem by A. D. Godley.[1]

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:

Etymology
Look up home farm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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".[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]
  2. Old English hamm + tūn – "village with a flood-meadow or pasture".[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6]

The English toponymist Victor Watts has suggested the following possibilities:

  1. Old English hēah + tūn – "high settlement"[4][lower-alpha 7]
  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)

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.[lower-alpha 8]
Hampton Poyle Oxfordshire SP5015[8] Walter de la Poyle.[lower-alpha 9] Manor Farm.[lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 11] River Cherwell.[lower-alpha 12]
Hampton Lovett Worcestershire SO8865[9] Lovet family.[lower-alpha 13] Hampton Farm.[lower-alpha 14] Grade II.[10] Elmbridge Brook

Examples (meadow)

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.[lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 16]
Hampton Lucy Warwickshire SP2557[12] River Avon.[lower-alpha 17][lower-alpha 18]

Examples (high settlement)

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.[lower-alpha 19] River Isbourne – River Avon.[lower-alpha 20]
Hampton in Arden Solihull, West Midlands SP2081[14] High ground.[lower-alpha 21] River Blythe.[lower-alpha 22]

Examples in England

Hampton

Hampton (prefix)

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

Hampton (suffix)

See also
  • All pages with titles beginning with Hampton

References
  1. Stone 2014, pp. 72.
  2. Reaney 1969, p. 39.
  3. Clark Hall 1916, p. 315.
  4. Watts 2007, pp. 275.
  5. MAGiC MaP – Notes
    1. Use Table of Contents for Colour mapping.
    2. There may be intermittent problems with the magic.defra.gov.uk website, if so then try again another time.
  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
  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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