Spriddlescombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Modbury
Historical Forms
- Comba 1086 DB
- Cumb Spridel 1242 Fees770
- Spridelcumb 1242 Fees796
- Spridlescombe 1301 Ipm
Etymology
v. cumb . William Sprydel held the manor in 1346 (FA). In 1242 (Fees) it was held by the Peverel family, but the Spridel family may have been sub-tenants.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Brownston
- Edmeston
- Goutsford Bridge
- Jewelscombe
- Leigh
- Oldaport
- Orcheton
- Shilston Barton
- Stockenbridge
- Stoliford
- Whympston Ho