Compton Bassett
village · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Compton Bassett is named from the Old English 'cumb' (valley) and 'tun' (settlement), with 'Bassett' referring to the Bassett family who held the manor in the 12th century. It means the settlement in the valley belonging to the Bassett family.
Word origins
- cumb
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from cumb "valley")
- tun
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tun "settlement, farmstead")
- Bassett
- Norman Frenchfamily name(from Basset "a Norman personal name")