Kempshott
Kempshott, Basingstokecounty:
coords:
Hampshire
SU6049
otherwise: Campessete, 1086; Kembeschete, 1269; Kempeschotte, 1280; Kembeshute, 1346
KEMPSHOTT, submember of Dummer parish, now district of Basingstoke
Apparently Old English 'Cempan sceat'='warrior's corner', with some 14th century and later forms suggesting 'sciete' with the same meaning. It is common for '-shot' place names in Hampshire to contain a plant name as the first element (ALDERSHOT BRAMSHOTT), and this is what persuades Ekwall to suggest the first element is really Old English 'cenep'='moustache' used as a plant name. That is quite clearly what appears in the name of 'Kempley' (Gloucestershire). The plant name in question may alternatively be a loan from Latin 'cannabis'='hemp'. 'Sceat' often means 'corner' in the sense of a projection of one administrative unit into another (ALDERSHOT, GRAYSHOTT).
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Basingstoke Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Basingstoke Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Basingstocke Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- house - Basingestoke extra Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, hamlet - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Basingestoch Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
TERRA HVGONIS DE PORTH ... Ipse H ten. CA~PESSETE et Walter de eo . Aldret tenuit ...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Basingstoches Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
