Talk:Hampton (place name)

Latest comment: 1 year ago by TRESISR in topic Okehampton

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The Cambridge Dictionary entry for OKEHAMPTON Devon on page 450 contains an error: Ochementone 1086 should show OchEggENTONE as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. Compare the hand written 'g' with others on the same page.[1] The name element Eg is Old English ēġ and is obviously a reference to the wedge of land enclosed between the tributary rivers of the River Okement.

  • Watts, Victor (2007). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7.
  1. ^ * "OKEHAMPTON". Open Domesday. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

TRESISR (talk) 08:49, 29 August 2023 (UTC)Reply