Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
Survey of English place-names
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Thorncombe
Thorncombe
Parish in the County of Devon
Etymology
Transferred to Dorset in 1844.
Major Settlements
Thorncombe
Other places in this Parish
Early-attested site
Ford Abbey
Spearhay
Other OS name
Beerhall Fm
Broom
Cogan's Fm
Elmore Fm
Hewood
Holditch Court
Sadborrow
Synderford
Vembury
Westford Fm
