This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VUh.2ACIB/107.1.1 Message Board Post: To answer your question will need more information. Alot ofHhampsons are buried in Leigh but it is quite a common name in Lancashire/Cheshire.At the time of the 1881 census ther were about five and a half thousand Hampsons in the UK and about 3500 of those lived in Lancashire. There were significant groups in the Midlands, London and Yorkshire. I fyou can give more information I may be able to help. Ralph Hampson