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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitcombe Bottom

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckland Newton

Historical Forms

  • Widecumbe 13 GlastR
  • Widecombe 1301 Glast m14
  • Wydecomb(e) e14 GlastE 1338–40 Glast 1429 Wells
  • Wykombe (sic), Widecombefurlang', Wydecombesthrote e14 GlastE

Etymology

Whitcombe Bottom (ST 676043), Widecumbe 13 GlastR, Widecombe 1301 (m14) Glast , Wydecomb (e )e14GlastE , 1338–40 Glast, 1429Wells , Wykombe (sic), Widecombefurlang ', Wydecombesthrote e14GlastE , 'wide valley', v. wīd (wk.obl. -an ), cumb , with furlang , þrote 'throat, narrow place', cf. Whitcombe par. 1 259.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement