English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Pepperscoomb Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Steyning

Historical Forms

  • Piperescombe 1425 BM
  • Peperscome 1579 SAC38,109

Etymology

is Piperescombe in 1425 (BM), Peperscome 1579 SAC 38, 109 , and took its name from the family of a certain John Pyper who held a messuage here in 1354 (Cartwright 162) , v. cumb .