Watcombe Barn, Watcombe Bottom, Watcombe Plain & Watcombe Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Alton Pancras
Historical Forms
- over whetecombe 891 Glast(S347(2)) 14
- Watecombe c.1325 GlastE
- Whetecomb' 1338–40 Glast
- Whatcombe 1662 DCMDeed
- Watcomb Wood 1811 OS
- Whatcombe Copse, Whatcombe Gate, Whatcombe Plain & Whatcombe Wood 1839 TA
Etymology
Watcombe Barn, Watcombe Bottom (ST 715028), Watcombe Plain & Watcombe Wood, over whetecombe 891 (14) Glast (S 347(2)), Watecombe c.1325GlastE , Whetecomb '1338–40 Glast, Whatcombe 1662 DCMDeed, Watcomb Wood 1811 OS, Whatcombe Copse , Whatcombe Gate , Whatcombe Plain & Whatcombe Wood 1839TA , 'valley where wheat is grown', v. hwǣte , cumb , cf. Barcombe Fm supra .The spelling dated 891 occurs in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Plush 3245, v. ofer 3 'across'.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Alton Common
- Alton Dairy Fm
- Alton Ctg
- Alton Mill
- Austral Fm
- Black Barn
- Bloody Tent Wood
- Bulland's Plant.
- Burnt House Bottom
- Church Hill
- Cowleaze
- Crocker's Barton
- Little Elias Copse
- Fiddle Wood
- Hill Wood
- Horse Close
- Manor Ho
- Mlldron Copse
- Narn Barn
- Navvy Shovel
- New Barn
- Penny Farthing Wood
- Rake Bottom & Rake Hill
- Ripp's Lane
- Rookery Copse
- Round Copse
- Ryall's Copse
- St Pancras's Church
- Tenant's Bottom & Tenant's Hill
- Vicarage
- Ivest Wood