Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Shotecombe 1412 FA

• Schotecomb' 1381 Ct

• Shatecombe 1412 FA

• Shotcombe 1486 Ipm

• Shatcombe 1811 OS 1863 Hutch3

• Shatcombe Field 1842 TA

• Shap(t)combe 1515 Ct 1629 DCMCt

• Shapcombe fielde voc' Whitelande 1635 ib

Etymology

Shatcombe Fm (ST 497025), Sotecumb '1268(p), Shotecumbe 1306 FF, Shotecombe 1412 FA, Schotecomb '1381Ct (p), Shatecombe 1412 FA, Shotcombe 1486 Ipm, Shatcombe 1811 OS, 1863 Hutch3, Shatcombe Field 1842TA , 'valley by the steep slope(s)', from *scēot and cumb , cf. the analogous Shatcombe in Netherbury par. infra . Shatcombe Fm lies at the head of a valley with steeply sloping sides in which R. Brit rises (several springs marked 6″). The steepest slopes to the W of the valley belong to White Sheet Hill q. v. infra , a name that contains the same, or a related, el., cf. also Scite Coppice infra . The forms Shap (t )combe 1515Ct , 1629DCMCt , Shapcombe fielde voc ' Whitelande 1635ib may also belong here, cf. Shatcombe in Wynford E. par. supra which is in fact 'sheep valley' with a late change Shap - > Shat -.