Bowcombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ugborough
Historical Forms
- Baucumb 1238 FF 1297 Pat
- Beaucumbe 1308 Exon
- Beaucombe 1312 Exon 1490 Ipm
- Bawecumbe 1310 Exon
Etymology
v. cumb . The first element is possibly OE bēaw , 'gad-fly,' referring to a valley infested by this insect. Cf. Beaford supra 86.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Cheston
- Venn
- Coarsewell
- Broadaford
- Turtley
- Cantrell
- Fillham
- Langford Barton
- Ludbrook
- Marridge
- Peek
- Quickbeam Hill
- Rutt
- Three Barrows Hill
- Witchcombe
- Wrangaton
- Zeaston