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Thorncombe Barn, Thorncombe Bottom, Thorncombe Eweleaze

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckland Newton

Historical Forms

  • (over) thorncombe (in the bounds of Plush) 891 Bodl(S347(2)) 14
  • Thorncombe e14 GlastE
  • Thorncombe Coppice, Thorncombe Ewe Leaze, Thorncombe Md 1838 TA
  • Whitcomb Barn 1811 OS

Etymology

Thorncombe Barn (ST 723017), Thorncombe Bottom, Thorncombe Eweleaze, (over ) thorncombe (in the bounds of Plush )891 (14) Bodl (S 347(2)), Thorncombe e14GlastE , Thorncombe Coppice , Thorncombe Ewe Leaze , Thorncombe Md 1838TA , 'thorn-tree valley', v. þorn , cumb .The barn is Whitcomb Barn 1811 OS, cf. foll. although there is another Whitcombe 1 mile S in Piddletrenthide par. infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement