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Nettlecombe Tout (Plant.)

Other OS name in the Parish of Melcombe Horsey

Historical Forms

  • Nettlecomb Tout 1774 Hutch1 1811 OS
  • Nettlecombe Towt or Tuft 1870 Hutch3

Etymology

, Nettlecomb Tout 1774 Hutch1,1811 OS, Nettlecombe Towt or Tuft 1870 Hutch3 , named from the f.n. Nettlecombe in Buckland N . par . infra , v. tōt(e) ' look-out hill ' .