Hampton

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The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.

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Hampton

  1. Any of several places in England, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:
    1. A suburb of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, originally in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ1369).
    2. A hamlet on the west bank of the Severn in Shropshire, opposite Hampton Loade (OS grid ref SO7486).
    3. A western suburb of Evesham, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0243).
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A small city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Arkansas.
    2. A town in Connecticut.
    3. A city in Florida.
    4. A city in Georgia.
    5. A village in Illinois.
    6. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Iowa.
    7. A township and minor city therein, in Dakota County, Minnesota.
    8. A hamlet in Missouri.
    9. A village in Nebraska.
    10. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
    11. A borough of New Jersey.
    12. An area of multiple towns on the south fork of Long Island, New York.
    13. A town, the county seat of Hampton County, South Carolina. Named after Wade Hampton III.
    14. A city in Virginia.
    15. A number of other townships, listed under Hampton Township.
  5. Places in Canada:
    1. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
    2. A town in Kings County, New Brunswick.
    3. A community in Nova Scotia.
    4. A community in Prince Edward Island.
  6. Places in Australia:
    1. A town in Queensland.
    2. A town in Victoria.

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  1. ^ https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=hampton

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