Hawkcombe Lane
Early-attested site in the Parish of Compton Abbas
Historical Forms
- Hawcombe (Fd) 1842 TA
- Hawkham Cl, Hawkham Coppice 1837 ib
- on holencumb 956 ShaftR(S630) 14
- to holencumbe, of þanne cumbe 932 15 ib
Etymology
Hawkcombe Lane (ST 859184), named from a group of fields, near the par. bdy, called Hawcombe (Fd )1842TA (this par.), Hawkham Cl , Hawkham Coppice 1837ib (Fontmell M.), which are to be identified with on holencumb 956 (14) ShaftR (S 630) in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Compton A., coinciding with to holencumbe , of þanne cumbe 932 (15) ib (S 419) in the Fontmell M. bounds, v. hol 2 (wk.obl. holan ) 'hollow, deep', cumb 'valley'.