Hampton
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In Australia

  • Hampton, Queensland
    Hampton, Queensland
    Hampton is a town located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located west of the state capital, Brisbane At the 2006 census, Hampton and the surrounding area had a population of 477...

  • Hampton, Victoria
    Hampton, Victoria
    Hampton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km south east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Bayside. At the 2006 Census, Hampton had a population of 11,825.Hampton is located in a wealthy bayside area of Melbourne, wedged between the...

  • Hampton East, Victoria
    Hampton East, Victoria
    Hampton East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Bayside. At the 2006 Census, Hampton East had a population of 4233.-History:...

  • Hampton Island
  • Hampton Park, Victoria
    Hampton Park, Victoria
    Hampton Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 36 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district, home to the famous photographer, Patricia Casten. Jonathan Helmy also lives here. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey...


In Canada

  • Hampton, New Brunswick
    Hampton, New Brunswick
    Hampton is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.Located on the Kennebecasis River 30 kilometres northeast of Saint John, Hampton is the shire town of Kings County...

  • Hampton, Nova Scotia
    Hampton, Nova Scotia
    Hampton is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County.Hampton is a nice coastal community. It features a rock beach with many different colors of rocks and some gem stones including agate and amethyst. There is also an old lighthouse and a old cemetery...

  • Hampton, Ontario
    Hampton, Ontario
    Hampton is a community located in the municipality of Clarington, Ontario, Canada. Hampton was founded by Henry Elliot in 1840, who opened the first mill here in the former Darlington Township. At first it was called "Elliot's Mill" and then by 1848 just "Millsville". Other former names have...

  • Hampton, Prince Edward Island
    Hampton, Prince Edward Island
    Hampton is a small Canadian rural community located in southwestern Queens County, Prince Edward Island.Situated immediately east of Crapaud in the township of Lot 29, Hampton functions as a small highway service centre, with gas stations and convenience store.The area was named in 1865 by Mrs....


In the United Kingdom

  • Hampton Green, Cheshire
    Cheshire
    Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

  • Hampton Heath, Cheshire
    Cheshire
    Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

  • Hampton Fields, Gloucestershire
    Gloucestershire
    Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

  • Hampton Bishop
    Hampton Bishop
    Hampton Bishop is a village and civil parish south-east of Hereford, in Herefordshire, England. The village itself is on a wedge between the River Wye and the River Lugg, and is also not far from where the River Frome meets the Lugg....

    , Herefordshire
  • Hampton Gay
    Hampton Gay
    Hampton Gay is a village in the Cherwell valley about north of Kidlington, Oxfordshire.-Manor:After the Norman Conquest of England Robert D'Oyly gave an estate of three hides at Hampton Gay to his brother in arms Roger d'Ivry, while a second estate of two hides at Hampton Gay belonged to the...

    , Oxfordshire
    Oxfordshire
    Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

  • Hampton Poyle
    Hampton Poyle
    Hampton Poyle is a village beside the River Cherwell, about northeast of Kidlington in Oxfordshire.-History:In the 13th century Hampton Poyle was granted to Walter de la Poyle. Its toponym combines his surname with the Old English for a village or farm....

    , Oxfordshire
  • Hamptons, Kent (note final 's')
  • Hampton, Herne Bay
    Hampton, Herne Bay
    Hampton, Herne Bay is the coastal west end of Herne Bay, Kent. Formerly the site of the village of Hampton-on-Sea, the settlement is now underwater due to coastal erosion, but it was on the west side of the northern end of Hampton Pier Avenue, between the 1959 sea defences and the remains of the...

    , Kent
    • Hampton-on-Sea
      Hampton-on-Sea
      Hampton-on-Sea was a drowned and abandoned village in what is now the Hampton area of Herne Bay, Kent. It grew from a tiny fishing hamlet in 1864 at the hands of an oyster fishery company, was developed from 1879 by land agents, abandoned in 1916 and finally drowned due to coastal erosion by 1921...

      , Herne Bay, Kent (drowned settlement at the above location)
  • Hampton, London
    Hampton, London
    Hampton is a suburban area, centred on an old village on the north bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in England. Formerly it was in the county of Middlesex, which was formerly also its postal county. The population is about 9,500...

    , London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
    • Hampton Hill
      Hampton Hill
      Hampton Hill is a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, bounded approximately by Fulwell Golf Course to the north, Bushy Park to the east and the Longford River to the south and west...

      , London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
    • Hampton Wick
      Hampton Wick
      Hampton Wick is a Thames-side area, formerly a village, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England.Famous for its market gardens until well into the twentieth century, it is now commuter-belt territory, housing developments having been built on these areas...

      , London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
    • Hampton Court Palace
      Hampton Court Palace
      Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London; it has not been inhabited by the British royal family since the 18th century. The palace is located south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames...

      , London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
    • Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
      Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
      The Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is the largest flower show in the world. The Show is held in early July, and run by the Royal Horticultural Society at Hampton Court Palace in southwest London. The show features show gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, talks and demonstrations...

      , an annual Flower Show held by the Royal Horticultural Society
    • Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C.
      Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C.
      Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. are an English football club based in the suburb of Hampton, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. They were founded in 1921 and formerly known as Hampton F.C. until 1999 when they changed their name in an attempt to draw a wider support base from around the...

       Football Club
  • Hampton, Peterborough
    Hampton, Peterborough
    Hampton is a newly developing township in Peterborough, England. There are currently two neighbourhoods within Hampton - Hampton Hargate and Hampton Vale, still growing...

     in Cambridgeshire
  • Hampton, Shropshire
  • Hampton-in-Arden
    Hampton-in-Arden
    Hampton-in-Arden is a village and civil parish located within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands of England. The village was previously located within the county of Warwickshire, until the 1974 county boundary changes. It lies in the countryside between Birmingham and Coventry...

     in Solihull, West Midlands
  • Hampton Loade
    Hampton Loade
    Hampton Loade is a village in Shropshire, England along the Severn Valley. It is situated on the east bank of the River Severn at , and is notable for the unusual current-operated Hampton Loade Ferry, a cable ferry to the hamlet of Hampton on the west bank...

    , Shropshire
  • Hampton Lucy
    Hampton Lucy
    Hampton Lucy is a village and civil parish on the River Avon, northeast of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.-Prominent residents:*Charles Maries , the Victorian botanist was born and educated at Hampton Lucy....

    , Warwickshire
  • Hampton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire
  • Hampton Magna, Warwickshire
  • Hampton, Worcestershire
    Hampton, Worcestershire
    Hampton is an area of Evesham in Worcestershire, England having formerly been a separate village.It is linked to the nearby town of Evesham by the ancient Hampton Ferry.-Hampton floods July 2007 :...

  • Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire
    Worcestershire
    Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...


In the United States

  • Hampton, Arkansas
    Hampton, Arkansas
    Hampton is a city in Calhoun County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,579 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Calhoun County.Hampton is part of the Camden Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Hampton, Connecticut
    Hampton, Connecticut
    Hampton is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,758 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

  • Hampton, Florida
    Hampton, Florida
    Hampton is a city in Bradford County, Florida, United States. The population was 431 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S...

  • Hampton, Georgia
    Hampton, Georgia
    Hampton is a city in southwestern Henry County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 6,987. Census Estimates for 2005 show a population of 4,743. Hampton mailing addresses also dip into eastern Clayton County and northern Spalding County.The Atlanta Motor...

  • Hampton, Illinois
    Hampton, Illinois
    Hampton is a village in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,626 at the 2000 census.-History:The village was originally in territory claimed by the Sauk and Fox Indians, and several Woodland era Native mounds are located in the village limits, and in the adjacent...

  • Hampton, Iowa
    Hampton, Iowa
    Hampton is a city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,461 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County...

  • Hampton, Maryland
    Hampton, Maryland
    Hampton is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland. The population was 5,004 at the 2000 census. Hampton is often considered a subdivision of the nearby community of Towson and is located just north of Baltimore City, Maryland, about twenty minutes...

  • Hampton, Minnesota
    Hampton, Minnesota
    Hampton is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 689 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. U.S...

  • Hampton, Missouri
    Hampton, Missouri
    Hampton, Missouri was a small hamlet in rural Platte County, Missouri.The area around Hampton was picked in 1953 to be home for the Kansas City Industrial Airport...

  • Hampton, Nebraska
    Hampton, Nebraska
    Hampton is a village in Hamilton County, Nebraska, USA. The population was 439 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hampton is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Hampton, New Hampshire
    Hampton, New Hampshire
    Hampton is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 14,976 at the 2010 census. Located beside the Atlantic Ocean, Hampton is home to Hampton Beach, a summer tourist destination....

  • Hampton, New Jersey
    Hampton, New Jersey
    Hampton is a Borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 1,401.What is now Hampton was originally incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature as Junction Borough on February 20, 1895, from portions of both Lebanon...

  • Hampton, New York
    Hampton, New York
    Hampton is a town in northeastern Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 871 at the 2000 census....

  • Hampton, Oregon
    Hampton, Oregon
    Hampton is an unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 20 miles southeast of Brothers, on U.S. Route 20, on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert. It is the largest settlement between Bend and Hines....

  • Hampton, Pennsylvania
    Hampton, Pennsylvania
    Hampton is an unincorporated census-designated place in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 633 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hampton is located at ....

  • Hampton, South Carolina
    Hampton, South Carolina
    Hampton is a town in Hampton County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,837 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hampton County.-Geography:Hampton is located at ....

  • Hampton, Tennessee
  • Hampton, Virginia
    Hampton, Virginia
    Hampton is an independent city that is not part of any county in Southeast Virginia. Its population is 137,436. As one of the seven major cities that compose the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, it is on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. Located on the Hampton Roads Beltway, it hosts...

    • Hampton University
      Hampton University
      Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...


  • Collinston, Utah
    Collinston, Utah
    Collinston is an unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.Mainly an agricultural community, the town is located southeast of Fielding and almost directly west of Riverside, at coordinates . Its elevation is 4,432 feet...

    , also known as Hampton

See also

  • East Hampton (disambiguation)
  • Easthampton
  • Hampton Cove, Alabama
  • Hampton Falls
  • Hampton Township (disambiguation)
  • Littlehampton
    Littlehampton
    Littlehampton is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, on the east bank at the mouth of the River Arun. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton and east of the county town of Chichester....

  • New Hampton (disambiguation)
  • North Hampton (disambiguation)
  • Northampton (disambiguation)
    Northampton (disambiguation)
    - United States :Towns and Cities:* Northampton, Massachusetts, a renowned American college town, and county seat of Hampshire County Massachusetts* Northampton, Fulton County, New York* Northampton, Suffolk County, New York* Northampton, PennsylvaniaSee also:...

  • Southampton (disambiguation)
    Southampton (disambiguation)
    Southampton is the largest city in Hampshire, England. It may also refer to:* Southampton , abolished in 1950* Southampton F.C...

  • South Hampton (disambiguation)
  • The Hamptons
  • Welshampton
    Welshampton
    Welshampton is a small village located on the A495 road in Shropshire, England, near to the town of Ellesmere. It is adjacent to the villages of Lyneal and Colemere which comprise part of the so-called 'North Shropshire Lake District', all of which is within walking distance of Welshampton...

  • Westhampton (disambiguation)

People

  • Christopher Hampton
    Christopher Hampton
    Christopher James Hampton CBE, FRSL is a British playwright, screen writer and film director. He is best known for his play based on the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses and the film version Dangerous Liaisons and also more recently for writing the nominated screenplay for the film adaptation of...

     — British playwright
  • Dan Hampton
    Dan Hampton
    Daniel Oliver Hampton also known as "Danimal" is a retired Hall of Fame American football defensive tackle who played twelve seasons for the Chicago Bears from 1979 to 1990 in the National Football League. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002...

     — National Football League defensive tackle
  • Dave Hampton
    Dave Hampton
    David Hampton is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles.-College career:...

     — National Football League running back
  • David Hampton
    David Hampton
    David Hampton was an American con artist who gained infamy in the 1980s after milking a group of wealthy Manhattanites out of thousands of dollars by convincing them he was Sidney Poitier's son...

     — U.S. con artist
  • Fred Hampton
    Fred Hampton
    Fred Hampton was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party...

     — African American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party
  • Howard Hampton
    Howard Hampton
    Howard George Hampton, MPP is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He has served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, since 1987 as the Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, he was also the party's...

    , leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
  • Ike Hampton
    Ike Hampton
    Isaac Bernard Hampton is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent on August 22, 1970 and played for the Mets and the California Angels .Hampton made his major league debut as a pinch hitter on September 12, 1974 at Shea Stadium...

     — Major League Baseball catcher
  • James Hampton (artist)
    James Hampton (artist)
    James Hampton was a janitor who secretly built a large assemblage of religious art from scavenged materials and is considered an outsider artist.-Early life:...

     — American folk artist
  • James Hampton (actor)
    James Hampton (actor)
    James Wade Hampton is an American actor, television director, and screenwriter.-Early life:Though born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Hampton was reared in Dallas, Texas, where his father operated a cleaning business. He majored in theatre arts at the University of North Texas in Denton...

     — television and film actor
  • Jean Elizabeth Hampton
    Jean Elizabeth Hampton
    Jean Elizabeth Hampton was an American political philosopher. Author of Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition, Political Philosophy, The Authority of Reason, The Intrinsic Worth of Persons and, with Jeffrie G Murphy, Forgiveness and Mercy.- Main Theory :She subscribed to the Moral Education...

     — American philosopher
  • John Hampton
    John Hampton
    John Stephen Hampton was Governor of Western Australia from 1862 to 1868.-Early life:Little is known of John Hampton's early life. His death certificate states that he was born in 1810, but other evidence suggests 1806 or perhaps 1807; these latter figures are considered more likely...

     — Australian politician
  • Kimberly Hampton
    Kimberly Hampton
    Kimberly Nicole Hampton was a Captain in the United States Army and the first female military pilot in United States history to be shot down and killed as a result of hostile fire...

     — the first female military pilot to be shot down and killed in U.S. service
  • Lionel Hampton
    Lionel Hampton
    Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players. Hampton ranks among the great names in jazz history, having worked with a who's who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman and Buddy...

     — U.S. jazz musician
  • Michael Hampton
    Michael Hampton
    Michael Hampton is a funk/rock guitarist. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic....

     — guitarist for Funkadelic
  • Michael Hampton (punk musician)
    Michael Hampton (punk musician)
    Michael Hampton is a guitarist in the Washington, DC hardcore punk scene.His first notable effort was playing guitar in The Extorts in early 1980. There are a few live recordings and a demo tape as evidence of their existence. After The Extorts broke up, Hampton and Henry Garfield formed a new...

     — member of Embrace (Washington DC)
  • Mike Hampton
    Mike Hampton
    Michael William Hampton is a left-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher. During his career, Hampton was well known for being one of the best hitting pitchers of his time, as well as for his large contract and frequent injuries.-Early career:Mike Hampton was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in...

     — an American baseball player
  • Millard Hampton
    Millard Hampton
    Millard Frank Hampton, Jr. is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay and the individual silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics....

     — U.S. athlete
  • Rodney Hampton
    Rodney Hampton
    Rodney Craig Hampton born April 3, 1969 in Houston, Texas, is a former professional American football player who was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 215 lbs. running back from the University of Georgia by way of Kashmere High School in...

     — National Football League running back
  • Trevor Hampton
    Trevor Hampton
    Trevor Hampton AFC was one of the United Kingdom's first scuba divers and helped to develop sport diving in the UK.-Early years:...

     — founded the first scuba diving center in Britain
  • Wade Hampton (disambiguation) — three generations of South Carolina planters, politicians and military leaders
  • William Hampton (cricketer)
    William Hampton (cricketer)
    William Marcus Hampton was an English cricketer who played 13 first-class games in the 1920s. He attended, and played for the XI at, Clifton College....

     — English cricketer

Other

  • Hampton (car)
    Hampton (car)
    The Hampton was a British car made by the Hampton Engineering Company which was based in Kings Norton, Birmingham from 1912 to 1918 and at Dudbridge in Stroud, Gloucestershire from 1918 to 1933-Early history:...

    , a British automobile produced from 1912 to 1933
  • Hampton (horse)
    Hampton (horse)
    Hampton was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire. Bred by Lord Norreys, he was sired by 1863 St. Leger Stakes winner, Lord Clifden. His dam was Lady Langden whose sire, Kettledrum, won the 1861 Epsom Derby...

    , a British Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Hampton National Historic Site
    Hampton National Historic Site
    Hampton National Historic Site, in the Hampton area north of Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, preserves a remnant of a vast 18th-century estate, including a Georgian manor house, gardens, grounds, and the original stone slave quarters. The estate was owned by the Ridgely family...

     — Towson, Maryland
  • Hampton School
    Hampton School
    Hampton School is an independent boys' day school in Hampton, London, England.-History:In 1556, Robert Hammond, a wealthy brewer who had acquired property in Hampton, left in his will provision for the maintenance of a 'free scole' and to build a small schoolhouse 'with seates in yt' in the...

     — London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
  • Hampton University
    Hampton University
    Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...

     — Virginia
  • Hampton Inn
    Hampton Inn
    'Hampton Hotels, Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, and Hampton by Hilton are the names of a brand of hotels trademarked by Hilton Worldwide. Most Hampton hotels are independently owned and operated by franchisees, though a few are owned and/or managed by the Hilton Hotels Corporation...

    — a hotel chain, various United States Navy ships
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