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Coombe Down Barn, Coombe Down Fm & Coombe Down Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • Coom(e) downe 1621 Strode 17 DCMCt 1625,1651
  • Coome downe hill 1621 Strode 17
  • Co(o)mbe downe 1630,1633 DCMCt
  • Co(o)mb Down 1811 OS 1863 Hutch3
  • Coombe Down Hill & Coombe Down Plant. 1842 TA

Etymology

, Coom (e ) downe 1621(17) Strode , 1625, 1651DCMCt , Coome downe hill 1621 (17) Strode ,Co (o )mbe downe 1630, 1633DCMCt , Co (o )mb Down 1811 OS, 1863Hutch3, Coombe Down Hill & Coombe Down Plant .1842TA , named from Coombesupra , v. dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement