Bampton
Proper noun
Meaning
(uncountable) A placename:
A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5118).
A small town and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9522)
A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3103).
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
Bampton escaped and retreated to London, but three of his clerks and several of the Brentwood townsfolk who had agreed to act as jurors were killed.
It included national figures, such as John of Gaunt, Archbishop Sudbury and Hales; other key members of the royal council; officials, such as Belknap and Bampton who had intervened in Kent; and other hated members of the wider royal circle.
Brill won their top-of-the-table clash at home to Bampton by three wickets to keep alive their outside Division 5 title hopes.
When Bampton and two sergeants attempted to arrest Baker, violence broke out.