Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
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Watercombe
Parish in the County of Dorset
Etymology
This par. was formerly part of Warmwell par.
supra
(Hutch
3
1
339).
Major Settlements
Watercombe
Other places in this Parish
Other OS name
Watercombe Heath (Ctg)
Bugs' Lane
Blackland's Close
Chalk Pit
Gillard's Coppice
Gravel Pit
Skippet Heath
Watercombe Fm
