Stancombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Sherford
Historical Forms
- Stancoma 1086 DB
- Stonecumb' 1242 Fees777
- Stancumb(e) 1284 FA
- Stancumb(e) juxta Shiraforde 1339 Ass
- Stancomb(e) juxta Stoke in Hammes 1322 FF
- Stancomb(e) Dauney 1312 BM
- Stancomb(e) Crespyn 1303 FA
- Prior 1242 Fees790
Etymology
'Stony valley,' v. cumb . Gilbert Crespin held the manor in 1242 and by 1333 it had passed to Nicholas Dauney (DA 43, 217). The adjacent manor of Stancombe in Harberton was held by Henry Prior in 1242 (Fees 790), v. supra 327.