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Bathampton

Bathampton-History

History

Bathampton -known variously as ‘Caer Badon’ (3000 BC); Hanton (AD 1086); Bathentuna ( 1292); Hampton (1327), and, Bath Hampton (1794). Earliest known records date back to the entry in the Doomsday Book. However recent excavations in the meadows (to the north of the parish) revealed occupation from the Iron Age through to the Roman and Mediaeval periods.

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