Maidencombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stokeinteignhead
Historical Forms
- Medenecoma 1086 DB
- Medenecumba 1168 Oliver
- Medenecumbe 1219 Ass 1242 Fees785
- Medenecumbe in Tynhyde 1283 Ass
- Medenecumbe juxta Teygnemuth 1299 Ass
- Medencumb 1303 FA
- Maiden(e)cumbe 1228 FF 1238 Ass
Etymology
'The maidens' valley,' v. cumb and Maidenford supra 26.