Cherricombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of East Anstey
Historical Forms
- Churecombe 1244 Ass
- Chirkcombe 1515–18 ECP5,140
Etymology
No certainty is possible. OE ciric from Brit cruc , 'hill, barrow,' is possible. Ekwall (Studies 53) suggest, the possibility of a compound of cumb and OE cierr , 'bend.'The valley is not, however, a particularly winding one. He makes the same suggestion for Chercombe infra 462, where the valley winds more but the forms with medial i and y are somewhat against derivation from cierr .