- area of the city. The
settlement was
known as Hamwic,
which evolved into
Hamtun and then Hampton.
Archaeological excavations of this site have uncovered...
-
Norman Conquest, the area's name
appears only as
variants of
Heantune or
Hamtun; the
prefix Wulfrun or
similar appearing in 1070 and thereafter. Alternatively...
- Hamtunscire: the
scire (shire) of
Hamtun (the homestead). The "North" was
added to
distinguish Northampton from the
other important Hamtun further south: Southampton...
- role due to its ports. The
Saxon settlement at
Southampton was
known as
Hamtun,
while the
surrounding area or scīr was
called Hamtunscīr. The old name...
- London…the x day of July [1551] the
Kynges grace removyd from
Westmynster unto
Hamtun courte, for ther [died]
serten besyd the court, and
caused the
Kynges grase...
- 'County of Southampton'.
Southampton was
known in Old
English as Hāmwic or
Hāmtūn 'home farm',
being the
place claimed in the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle as being...
- / 36.87278; 37.05278
Servantikar Silifke Castle Tece
Tokmar Castle T‛il
Hamtun Trapessac, 36°31′53″N 36°21′52″E / 36.53139°N 36.36444°E / 36.53139;...
- and
along the
borders of the Kingdom,
including Bagras, Trapessac, T‛il
Hamtun, Harunia, Selefkia, Amouda, and Sarvandikar. The son of
Constantine was...
-
derived from the
original name for its
largest city, Southampton, that
being Hamtun,
which is an Old
English word that
roughly translates to 'Village-Town'...
-
Barbara Yorke, who sees it as
significant that the
shire was
named after Hamtun, the
forerunner of Southampton. However,
Winchester is
described by the...
