Mystecombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Portisham
Historical Forms
- Mystecombe 1811 OS
- Mystecomb 1774 Hutch1(1556)
- Mystercom(b) (sic) 1476 ib
- Mystcombe 1795 Boswell
Etymology
Mystecombe (lost, about SY 615868), Mystecombe 1811 OS, Mystecomb 1774 Hutch1 (1556), Mystercom (b ) (sic)1476 ib, Hutch3 (2 766), Mystcombe 1795 Boswell, a marked valley about 1 mile NE of Portisham, 'misty coomb' from mist and cumb . According to Hutch1 (1 556) 'on the E side [of Mystecomb ] are some pits, where the hundred courts were formerly held, and hundred silver paid. This is probably the ancient Uggescomb ', and Boswell (p. 26) notes that Uggscombe lies 'in a valley called Mystcombe ; from whence the hundred takes its name', v. Uggscombe infra , Uggescombe hundred supra .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Nether Grove
- Friar Waddon Dairy Ho, Friar Waddon Fm, Friar Waddon Hill & Friar Waddon Withy Bed
- Dairy Ho Coppice
- Pond Coppice
- Wig Plant.
- Bench
- Benecke Wood
- Bishop's Road
- Black Down Barn & Black Down Plant.
- Brick Ho
- The Buildings, Buildings
- Plant
- Church
- Clover, Clover Coppices
- Corton Barn, Corton Dairy Ho, Corton Down & Corton Hill
- Drift Plant.
- Folly Plant.
- Grove Lane
- Half Moon (P.H.)
- Half Moon Coppice
- Hampton Barn
- Hardy Coppice
- Hell Bottom (Quarry)
- Hell Stone
- King's Arms (P.H.)
- Little London
- Long Coppice
- Manfield Shale Pit
- Manor Ho
- Marsh Fm
- Mill Ctgs, Mill Stream
- Portesham Fm
- Portisham Dairy, Portisham Hill, Portisham Ho & Portisham Withy Bed
- Old Portisham
- Quarry
- Red Mead Coppice
- Ridge Hill
- Rocket
- St Bartholomew's Chapel
- Seven Acre Coppice
- Sheepwash
- Shilvinghampton Barn, West Shilvinghampton Dairy
- Silly How
- Snipe Gate
- Square Coppice
- Standing Stones
- Vicarage
- Winter's Lane
- Dovecot
- Waddon Dairy, Waddon Field Barn, Waddon Ho & Waddon Spring