Whitecombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke Wake
Historical Forms
- claus' vocat' Whytecombe 1494 Seymer
- claus' vocat' Wydecombe 1497 Seymer
- Whitecomb(e) c.1750 Seymer
- Whitcomb 1811 OS
Etymology
Whitecombe (ST 756077), claus ' vocat ' Whytecombe 1494Seymer , claus ' vocat ' Wydecombe 1497Seymer , Whitecomb (e )c. 1750Seymer , Whitcomb 1811 OS, cf. White Coom (e ) Close , White Coom (e ) Mead 1640Seymer , Gt Whitcombe , Lt Whitcombe , Whitcombe Md 1839TA , v. cumb 'valley'; without earlier spellings it cannot be certain whether the first el. was originally hwīt 'white' (cf. White Hill infra ) or wīd 'wide' (cf. Whitcombe 1259).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Aldermore Copse, Lt Aldermore
- Kate's Copse
- Lamplands Copse
- Manor Fm
- Middle Copse
- Popes Leaze Aldermore
- Rectory
- Ridouts Fm
- Skinners Fm
- Stoke Cmn
- Stoke Mill(lost)
- Twitchings Copse, Twitchings Ctg
- White Hill
- All Saints' Church
- Balmers Coombe Barn, Balmers Coombe Btm, Balmers Coombe Copse