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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitcombe Coppice & Whitcombe Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • greate Witcombe, little Witcombe 1651 DCMCt
  • Whitecombe 1811 OS
  • Gt Whitcombe, Whitcombe Copse 1842 TA

Etymology

, greate Witcombe , little Witcombe 1651DCMCt , Whitecombe 1811 OS, Gt Whitcombe ,Whitcombe Copse 1842TA , ' white valley ' , v. hwīt , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement