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Survey of English Place-Names

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Seacombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wallasey

Historical Forms

  • Secumbe 13,c.1277 AD
  • Secumbe in Waleye 1301 Chamb
  • Secoumbe in Waleye 1302 Chamb
  • Secoumbe 1356 MinAcct
  • Secom 1303 Chamb 1347 ChFor 1354 BPR 1438 Orm2 1523 ChRR 1571 Orm2 1537
  • Secom in Walesee 1441 ib
  • Secome 1304 Chamb 1459,1523(1571) ChRR 1534–47 Dugd
  • Secome in Walesee 1460 ChRR
  • Secum in Waleye 1304,1306 Chamb
  • Secum in Wallesie 1460 Orm2
  • Secum 1354 17 Eyre 1356 BPR 1361 ChFor 1385 Plea 1425,1462,1516 ChRR 1533 Orm2 1558,1574,1637 Sheaf 1639
  • Seacum 1421,1455 ChRR 1468 MinAcct 1483 Orm2 1659,1663 Sheaf
  • Seacum in Walley 1421 Orm2
  • Seacum in Walesee 1439 ChRR
  • Seacum in Waley 1483 ib
  • Seacom 1505 ChRR
  • Seacoum 1515 MinAcct
  • Seykym 1538 Orm2
  • Secam 1563 Sheaf 17
  • Seycom 1558 Pat
  • Seycon 1560 Sheaf
  • Seacombe 1659 Sheaf 1724 NotCestr
  • Higher Seacombe 1831 Bry
  • Seacomb 1673 Sheaf
  • Sacom c.1724 Sheaf

Etymology

'Valley by the sea', v. , cumb . The cumb was probably the dale at Oakdale infra .