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Compton, a common place-name, ‘farmstead or village in a valley’, from OE cumb + tūn; examples include: Compton Hants. Cuntone 1086 (DB). Compton Surrey, near Guildford. Contone 1086 (DB). Compton W. Berks. Contone 1086 (DB). Compton Abbas Dorset. Cumtune 956, Cuntone 1086 (DB), Cumpton Abbatisse 1293. Manorial addition from Latin abbatisse ‘of the abbess’, alluding to early possession by Shaftesbury Abbey. Compton Abdale Glos. Contone 1086 (DB), Apdale Compton 1504. Affix probably manorial from a family called Apdale. Compton Bassett Wilts. Contone 1086 (DB), Cumptone Basset 1228. Manorial addition from the Basset family, here in the 13th cent. Compton Beauchamp Oxon. Cumtune 955, Contone 1086 (DB), Cumton Beucamp 1236. Manorial addition from the de Beauchamp family, here in the 13th cent. Compton Bishop Somerset. Cumbtune 1067, Compton Episcopi 1332. Affix Bishop (Latin episcopus) from its early possession by the Bishop of Wells. Compton Chamberlayne Wilts. Contone 1086 (DB), Compton Chamberleyne 1316. Manorial affix from a family called Chamberlain, here from the 13th cent. Compton Dando B. & NE. Som. Contone 1086 (DB), Cumton Daunon 1256. Manorial addition from the de Auno or Dauno family, here in the 12th cent. Compton, Fenny Warwicks. Contone 1086 (DB), Fennicumpton 1221. The affix is OE fennig ‘muddy, marshy’. Compton, Little Warwicks. Contone parva 1086 (DB). The affix Little (Latin parva) distinguishes it from Long Compton. Compton, Long Warwicks. Cuntone 1086 (DB), Long Compton 1299. The affix Long refers to the length of the village. Compton Martin B. & NE. Som. Comtone 1086 (DB), Cumpton Martin 1228. Manorial addition from one Martin de Tours, whose son held the manor in the early 12th cent. Compton, Nether & Compton, Over Dorset. Cumbtun 998, Contone 1086 (DB), Nethercumpton 1288, Ouerecumton 1268. The additions Nether and Over are from OE neotherra ‘lower’ and uferra ‘higher’. Compton Pauncefoot Somerset. Cuntone 1086 (DB), Cumpton Paunceuot 1291. Manorial addition from a family called Pauncefote. Compton Valence Dorset. Contone 1086 (DB), Compton Valance 1280. Manorial addition from William de Valencia, Earl of Pembroke, here in the 13th cent. Compton, West Dorset. Comptone 934, Contone 1086 (DB). Earlier called Compton Abbas but now called West Compton to distinguish it from the other Dorset place of this name.

Compton city (1990 pop. 90,454), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc. 1888. It has aircraft, electronic, and steel industries. Largely African American, Compton is a noted center for rap music.

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