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Survey of English Place-Names

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St Mary's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Etymology

, cf. ecclesiam de Tornecumba c.1140CampbCh , ecclesiam de þorncumb 1230 Hutch3, 13Forde , cf. Church house and mead 1689DCMRent , Church Mdw 1841TA .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement