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.
Survey of English place-names
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Woodcombe
Woodcombe
Other OS name in the Parish of Chivelstone
Historical Forms
Wodecomb
1330
SR
Etymology
is
Wodecomb
1330
SR
(p) . v.
cumb
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Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Borough
South Allington
Early-attested site
Ford
East Prawle
Major Settlement
Chivelstone