BAMPTON, (Devon) or BAUNTON, as it is commonly called, for BATHAMPTON, stands on a branch of the r. Ex, in a bottom, encompassed with hills, 17 cm. and 21 mm. from Exeter, 13 cm. and 17 mm. from Minhead, and 134 cm. and 160 mm. from London. It was formerly the estate of the Cogans, an Irish family; from whom it descended by the Hanefords and Fitz-Warins to the Bourchiers, Es. of Bath, of whose family several are intombed in its large Ch. It formerly sent members to Pt. and had a chantry. The T. is governed by a portreeve,and had heretofore a Mt. also on W. Its Fairs are on Whit-Tuesday and St. Luke's-day. Mt. on S.