English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Doccombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Moretonhampstead

Historical Forms

  • Dockumb' 1221–30 Fees
  • Doccombe 1330,1333 SR

Etymology

is Dockumb '1221–30 Fees 1443, Doccombe 1330, 1333SR (p) . Probably ' valley where dock grows , ' v. cumb .