The story
- Old English · inherited fromNorþhāmtūn
- English todayNorthampton
From Old English Norþhāmtūn, equivalent to north + Hampton. The earliest reference to Northampton in writing occurred in 914 under the name Ham tune. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Northantone: the prefix “North” was added later to distinguish it from other towns called “Hampton”, most prominently Southampton.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.