BAMPTON, a market-town in the hundred of Bampton, in the county of Devon, 164 miles from London, and twenty-one from Exeter. It formerly returned members to parliament, and has now a corporation governed by a port-receiver. The market is held on Saturday. A great battle was fought here in 614, between the West Saxons and Britons, in which the former were defeated with the loss of 20,000 men. The number of inhabitants in 1801 was 1364; in 1811, 1452; and in 1821, 1633.