Bincombe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bincombe
Historical Forms
- Beuncumbe 987 Finberg613(S1217) 13
- Beincome 1086 DB
- Biemcomme 1129 CartAnt
- Biemecomma 1157 France
- Biencomme 1157 1190 Ch 1332 Pat 1375
- Biencoma, Biencombe 1174–82 France
- Biencomb 1321 Winch
- Byencombe 1398,1405 Pat
- Bincumbe 1244 Ass
- Byncomb(e) 1327 SR 1332 SR 1459 Weld1
- Binckombe 1664 HTax
- Bincomb 1670 Sheridan
- Bencumbe 1252 Ch 1288 Ass
- Bencombe 1326,1387 Pat 1393 AD
- Benecumbe 1288 Ass 1376 IpmR
- Benecomb(e) 1375 Pat 1376 Misc
- Benscumbe 1291 Tax
Etymology
Probably 'valley where beans are grown', from bēan and cumb (DEPN), cf. the f.n. Piscombe infra . Kökeritz 125 suggested that the first el. might be bēona , gen.pl. of bēo 'bee', but this looks extremely unlikely in view of the absence of early forms with medial -e - (apart from Biemecomma 1157), and since in any case bēo seems to form compounds only in the stem-form.