Compton Beauchamp
hamlet · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name combines the Old English 'Compton' (settlement on common land) with the Norman French 'Beauchamp' (beautiful field). It refers to a settlement on common land that was later held by the Beauchamp family.
Word origins
- Compton Beauchamp
- Old EnglishAttestedCompton belonging to Beauchamp(from cōmon "common land", tūn "settlement, farmstead", Bello Campo "beautiful field")