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Hampton

Motor vehicle

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 1933.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1912Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersStroud1

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MHV Hampton 1914
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

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 1933.2

The story

The company was founded by William Paddon who lived in Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire, where he sold cars and offered to manufacture light cars and motorcycles. In 1912 the Crowdy car company of Birmingham failed and the remains of that company were merged with Hampton Engineering and production moved to Kings Norton. The Crowdy 12/14 was fitted with a larger 1726 cc engine to become the Hampton 12/16. A belt driven cyclecar, apparently designed by Paddon, the Hampton 8 with 968 cc V-twin-cylinder air-cooled engine joined the range in 1913 followed in 1914 by the Hampton 10, a 1244 cc water-cooled version with shaft drive.

Production stopped with the outbreak of World War I, and the company went into receivership in 1915.

From Wikipedia’s article on Hampton (car), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1933Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1912Founded Founded1

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