Foxcombe, Foxcombe Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Sunningwell
Historical Forms
- (on) foxhola cumbe 985 KCD1283 c.1240
- Foxcomb-Hill 1711 Hearne
- Fox Come Hill 1761 Rocque
Etymology
Foxcombe, Foxcombe Hill, (on ) foxhola cumbe 985 (c. 1240) KCD 1283, in the bounds of Wootton, Foxcomb -Hill 1711 Hearne, Fox Come Hill 1761 Rocque. Originally 'valley of fox's earths', v. cumb , first el. the gen.pl. of fox-hol. For the dropping of the middle el. in a triple compound, cf. Blackford Mill Wo 156.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Beaulieu Ct Fm
- Blake's Oak
- Brumcombe Copse
- The Bungalow
- The Chalet
- Church Fm
- Duckling's Copse
- Glenfield
- Grey Ho
- Heath Barrows
- Long Furlong Fm
- Melfort Cottage
- Orchardlea
- Overdale Ho
- Pen Barn and Pen Lane
- Red Copse, Red Copse Fm
- Rose Bank
- St. Columb's
- Sandlands
- Vallence
- Withy Bed Copse
- Woodcraft Wd
- Woodsend
- Yatscombe Copse and Yatscombe Fm