Motcombe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Motcombe
Historical Forms
- Motcumbe Hy3 Cerne 14 Ass 1244 1280,1288 GillCt 1292 Ipm 1310
- Motcumb' 1268 Ass
- Motcombe 1502 Ipm
- Mottcombe 1609 LRMB
- Motecumb(e) 1244 Ass 1258 For 1270 ib
- Motecombe 1415 GillCt 1417 Pat 1455 Cl 1650 ParlSurv
- Mocumb' 1268 Ass
- Moucomb 1275 RH
- Mottecumbe 1270 For 1288 Ass
- Mottecombe 1372 Pat 1497 Ipm
- Modecombe 1371 For 1397 WRO
- Medecombe (sic) 1371 For
- Notcombe (sic) Eliz ChancP
Etymology
'Valley where meetings are held', from (ge)mōt and cumb, identical with Motcombe Sx 431, cf. Modbury hundred and Modbury in Swyre par. both infra . This may well have been the meeting-place of the GeldR hundred of Gelingeham , v. under Redlane hundred supra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Coppleridge, E Coppleridge Fm, W Coppleridge Fm
- Cowridge Copse
- Enmore Green (Fm)
- Fernbrook Brake, Fernbrook Ctg & Fernbrook Fm
- Ferngore
- King's Court Palace, King's Court Bridge, King's Court Wd
- Kingsettle Fm & Kingsettle Wd
- North Hayes Fm
- Wolfridge Fm
- Woodsend Fm
Other OS name
- Allotment Fm, Allotment Plant.
- Bittles Green (Fm)
- Brickells Cliff, Brickells Pond Fm
- Bridewell (Lane)
- The Butts
- The Cliff, Cliff Ctg
- The Corner, Corner Fm
- Cowherd Shute Fm
- Culverhouse Fm
- Donedge Lodge Fm
- (Lr) Duncliffe Fm
- Eight Acre Plant
- Fishy Mead Copse
- Forest Fm
- Frog Lane (Fm)
- The Grange
- Grant's Copse
- Guest's Fm
- Haines Fm
- Hawker's Hill (Plant.)
- Hunt's Fm
- The Kennels
- Knap, Knapp
- Lady's Copse
- Larkinglass Fm
- Latchmore Pond
- Limbrick
- Long Cross
- Manor Fm
- Motcombe Ho (Plants.)
- MotCombe Park
- Nettlebed
- New Lane
- North End (Fm)
- The Nursery
- Oates Plant.
- Palemead Coppice
- Payne's Place
- Pensbury Ctgs, Pensbury Ho, Pensbury Plant.
- The Plantation
- Pottle's Hill Plant.
- Pound
- Pug's Hole
- Quoits Copse
- Red House Fm
- Royal Oak Inn
- Ryal's Plant.
- St Mary's Church
- Sherborne Causeway
- Shorts Green Fm
- Thane's Fm
- Turnpike Wd
- Well Ho
- White House Fm
- Withies Fm
- Woodwater Fm
- Woolcott's Fm
- Yew Tree Ctg
Field
- Alder Bed Plot
- Late Aldridge 's Ho
- Amour Md
- Arable Fd
- Asp Plain
- Balls ' Grd
- Banisters
- ( Lt ) Barn Cl
- Barnes Pdk
- The Barracks Ho
- Bean Cl
- Beer Ho
- Bessant Grd
- Betties
- Black Hedge
- Blackhouse Md
- Lr Bonds
- Bottom Grd
- Boundens
- Bounds ' Plat
- Bowers ' ( Md )
- Bowling Ally
- ( Plantation or ) Boyne
- Bramble Cl
- The Old Brewery Ho and Gdn
- Brick Cl
- Bridge Piece Plant
- Brigley
- Broadfurlong
- Broad Md
- Brook Cl
- Browns ' Md
- Burbages
- Burnbake
- Burts
- Bushey Cl
- Bush Short Lds
- Butlers ' ( Cl )
- Butter Print
- Calves Grd
- Charity Ld
- Clover Grd
- Cold Fd
- Cold Harbour
- Hr Coles
- Collis 's
- Common Altmt
- Coppice Cl
- Copse Cl
- Corn Grd
- Cow Cl
- Cowslip
- Crooked Joan
- Curstoons
- Curtis 's Cl
- Dock and Lt Hilly Grd
- Lt Down
- New Dry Cl
- Dun Cl ( Boyne )
- Dunclift Cl
- Dungeon Copse
- Dun Water
- East Coppice
- East Hays
- Eaton Ctg
- 18 Acres
- 11 and 3 Acres
- Extons ' Dry Cl
- Fern Hills
- 5 Acres
- Folletts ' Coppice
- Ford Fd
- The Fountain Inn
- 4 Acres
- Allotment
- ( Gt ) French Md
- Furzy Cl
- Gappers
- Garden Fd
- Gatehouse Cl
- Godwins Altmt
- Great Altmt
- Great Md
- Great Plot
- Inner Great Wood
- Gt Grove
- Grove Md
- ( The ) Hanging
- Haskells ' Md
- Haylock
- Gt Hay Md
- Higher Copse
- Gt Hill
- Hill Clift
- Hill Cl
- Hill Fd Coppice
- ( Lt ) Hilly Cl
- Hobbs ' Leaze
- Hr Home Bush
- Home Cl
- Home Grd
- Home Wood Pdk
- The Hop Yd
- Horse Cl
- Hundred Acres
- Hurds ' Grd
- Inner Grd
- Jeffreys ' Md
- Jones 's Md
- The Keepers ' Ho
- Keinton 's
- Kings ' Cl
- Lake House Md
- Lamberts ' Ho
- The Lane
- Leg ( Md )
- Leggs '
- Lindsays
- Linhays
- Little Altmt
- Little Mead ( Cl )
- Little Pdk
- N Little Wd
- Gt Lockyears '
- Lodge Ho
- Loinsley Grd
- Long Cl
- Luxers ( sic ) Lane [ Bridge ]
- Main Cl
- The Malthouse
- Man Md
- Maton Cl
- Lr Mead
- Mead Hays
- Meeting Ho
- Messiters Plat
- Middle Grd
- Middle Hedge
- Middle Md
- Milestone Grd
- Milking Barton
- Motcombe Street [ Bridge ]
- Motyards ( Cl )
- New Cl ( Orchd )
- Dry Newmans '
- New Md
- New Yeate
- 9 Acres
- ( Lt ) North Leaze
- Oat Cl
- The Old Lane
- ( Old ) Orchard
- Gt Oxmoor
- Packmoor
- ( Far ) Paddock
- Paradise
- The Parish Pound
- Park Gate
- Gt Parsons ' Hill
- Pasture Grd
- N Peaked Cl
- Peartree Md
- Pentridge Md
- Perrys ' ( Lane )
- Petteys
- N Picked Cl
- Pinkmore
- Pipers '
- Plat
- Pond Fd
- Ponds ' Hanging
- Poor Grd
- Pullens
- Pump Cl
- The Quarry
- Queens ' Grove
- Ramsmoor
- Raygrass
- Redwell
- Richards ' Md
- Ridge Cl
- ( The ) Rough Grd
- Roundhills
- Ruffity
- Rushy Cl
- Gt Russells '
- Sadbrook
- Sadlers ' Cl
- Sangers '
- 7 Acres
- Sharphays
- Shepherds ' Md
- Shooters ' Coppice
- 6 Acres
- Skydons
- Hr Snells
- South Altmt
- Southbrook Md
- Spring Plat
- Square Cl
- Gt Stable Cl
- Stall Grd
- Stickelewell Md
- Stoney Lds
- Store Ho
- Strap ( Md )
- Strings
- Sturton 's Pdk
- ( Home ) Summer Grd
- Temples Altmts
- 10 Acres
- T Grd
- Thickett Md
- Inner Thomas 's Grd
- Three Acres
- Three Meads
- Three Yards
- Toll Gate Ho
- Tomkins 's Orchd
- Turks
- Turners Style
- 12 Acres
- 2 Acres ( Altmt )
- Vanners
- Verney Grd
- Vetch Grd
- Wallnut Grd
- Water Md ( s )
- Lr Way Grd
- West Coppice
- West Hays
- West Pdk
- Wheat Cl
- General Whitelocks '
- Whites ' Grd
- Hr Whitmoore
- Cloves
- Willow Plat
- Withey Bed
- Wood
- Woollands
- Wool Md ( Plant . )
- Yeatmans '
- Yonder Fd
- Abrahams bridge
- tenement called Bagman
- Batterstockes
- Beere Meade
- la Bitene
- Blyndlane
- meadowe called Breache
- Chipstreete
- Cokemanneslond '
- Collins
- Cookes Meade
- Cottlehaies
- Coxe Crofte
- Crabbes Cottages
- Nethere Crouchouse
- Cutterbills
- Cuttermeade
- Drakes
- Gouldestenement '
- Grauntgowbrigg '
- Great Close
- Half Acre
- ' a close called the Hanger '
- claus ' vocat ' Haselstaire
- Hills
- Holewal
- via apud le Holewoye
- Hoopers Haye
- Howens
- Huckeshayes
- Jackes Haies
- Jehaies
- Koggesmannestune
- Lockes Lane
- Longe Hills
- Lutchehaies
- Lynchehey ( close )
- Mouresplace
- Muddlie Closse
- Nether Leas
- Northe lands als . Davidges Meade
- Olandes
- Osworthe Place
- Overleys
- Over Meade
- Palmers
- Peaked Mead
- Pershull '
- Pittie Meade
- Portesham
- Preston
- Pyle Cross
- Raddweles
- Rie Close
- Sexhaies
- Shaftesburie Hill
- Shephowse Meade
- Slaye Acre
- Sledges
- Sommers
- Soulescumbe
- South Street
- Stylehaies
- Teswell '
- Thorne Hayes
- the Thorny Close
- Three Horne Meade
- Till haies
- Top ( e ) hull
- Upper Howse Groundes
- Vallis
- Vrey haie
- Vroggemere
- Wassalls
- Whettles
- Woodes
- Wearmewlle
- ( Great ) Younges