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Survey of English Place-Names

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After Coombe Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Abbott

Historical Forms

  • Atercomb', Atircomb' 1447 Bodl
  • Westatercomb' 1448 Bodl
  • Estatercomb' 1453 Bodl
  • Aftercoombe Bottom, Aftercoombe Plain & Aftercoombe Plantation 1839 TA

Etymology

, Atercomb ', Atircomb '1447Bodl , Westatercomb '1448Bodl ,Estatercomb '1453Bodl , Aftercoombe Bottom , Aftercoombe Plain & Aftercoombe Plantation 1839TA , v. cumb , first el . uncertain .