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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hinkhams

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Historical Forms

  • Hyntecumbe 1288 Ass
  • Hyndecomb(e) 1312 SoDoNQXIII 1316 FF 1325 ADVI 1327 SR 1343 HarlCh 1416 1487 Ipm 1508,1535 Weld2
  • Hyndecome 1318 HarlCh
  • Hind(e)comb(e) 1774 Hutch1 1795 Boswell
  • Hyncombe 1327 Poul 15 FA 1412 Weld2 1460–1513
  • the north part' of Hyncombe, the Sowth part' of Hyncombe 1561 ib
  • Hynnecome 1333 HarlCh
  • Hynecomb(e) 1399 Cl 1456–1504 Weld2
  • Hendecomb' 1332 SR

Etymology

'Valley frequented by hinds or does', from hind (gen.pl. -a ) and cumb . The final -s in the current name is probably manorial, but a plural sense is possible, cf. the two 'parts' mentioned in 1561.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement