Chilcombe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chilcombe
Historical Forms
- Ciltecome 1086 DB
- Childecumb(e) 1198,1199 P 1288 Ass 14 LodersC
- Childecomb(e) 1332 1346 1352 Fine 1399 Cl 1428 FA 1454 DCMDeed
- Child(d)ecome 1322 SR 1362 Weld2
- Childcomb 1340 NI 1367 Hutch3
- Chiltecumb(e) 1266 FF 1268,1280 Ass 1285 FA 1313 Brid 1331 Pap
- Chiltecomb(e) 1294 Brid 1297 Pat 1326 Cl 1338 Drew 1346 Hutch3 1353 Fine 1360 Cl 1368 Weld2 1379 Ilch
- Chyltecombe 1421 DorR
- Childescome 1291 Tax
- Chillecomb 1361 Hutch3
- Chylcombe 1544 WRO 1558 Weld2
- Chilcombe Eliz WRO 1648 SC
- Chilcome Eliz WRO
- Chelcombe Eliz ChancP
Etymology
Probably 'valley at a hill or hill-slope called *Cilte ', from a pre-Brit *ciltā 'steep hill, hill-slope' (v. full discussion of this el. by Coates JEPN 167–15) and OE cumb, cf. the analogous Chilcomb PN Ha 53 which has 10th-cent. spellings (in 12th-cent. copies) cilta (n )cumb (e ). The village lies in a small valley at the foot of a steep slope rising to 640′ at Chilcombe Hill which is crowned by a hillfort. The manor once belonged to the Knights Hospitallers (Hutch3 2738), cf. Prioris Hospit ' de Chyltecome 1325Brid .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Field
- Brake
- Cow Leaze ( Plot )
- Gt Cudwell & Lt Cudwell
- East Mead
- 8 Acres
- Ewe Leaze above the Grove
- 5 Acres ( Coppice )
- 4 Acres or Hemp Plot
- Long Gutters
- Hardy 's ground & Hardy 's Withy Bed
- Hartwell
- Hatchell Cl
- ( Long ) Holemoor Coppice
- Home Bush
- Long ground
- Night Cow Leaze
- Saltwell 's
- Syme 's Mead
- 10 Acre Coppice
- West Mead
- atte Thorne