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.
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Burcombe Wood (Plant.)
Burcombe Wood (Plant.)
Other OS name in the Parish of North Poorton
Historical Forms
(Lt) Burcombe Wd
1837
TA
Etymology
, (
Lt
)
Burcombe
Wd
1837
TA
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Burcombe Fm
Redhone
Other OS name
Buck's Coppice
Loscombe Fm
Mount Pleasant
North Poorton Fm
St Mary Magdalen's Church
Shepherd's Coppice
Woodlands Coppice
Greenway Barn
Major Settlement
North Poorton