Mappercombe Fm & Mappercombe Manor
Early-attested site in the Parish of Powerstock
Historical Forms
- Mepercumb(e) 1285 FA
- Mepercombe 1291 Tax Hy8 Winch
- Mopercumbe 1288 Ass 1303 FA
- Sopercumbe (sic) 1291 Tax
- Mopercome 1318 Ch 1332 SR
- Mopercomb(e) 1332 1535 VE
- Mobercombe 1356 Drew
- Mapercombe 1636 SoDoNQVIII
- Mappercomb 1774 Hutch1
- Mappercombe, or Brown's Farm 1863 Hutch3
Etymology
From OE cumb 'valley' with an obscure first el. The later forms have probably been influenced by Mapperton par. infra . The manor was once possessed by the Browne family, cf. Edmund Browne , Nicolas Browne 1579 Hutch3, Henry Browne , Hugh Browne , John Browne , Joseph Browne , Susanna Browne , William Browne 1664 HTax, also John Browns Howse ib and the f.n. Browns Hill infra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Copse Barn
- Eggardon Hill
- Mangerton Hill
- St Mary's Church
- Belstone Covert Bell Stone
- Bottom Fm
- Broadfield Coppice
- Broom Close
- Caseley's Coppice
- Castle Hill & Castle Lane, Castle Mill Fm
- Chandler's Coppice
- Church Fm
- Clay Lane
- Cliff Coppice
- Earnscombe Copse
- Hill Coppice
- Hine's Hill
- Hull
- Hungry Hill
- King's Fm, Kings Lane
- Knight's Hill
- Lancombes Cross
- Larcombe Lane
- Lawrence's Fm
- Leigh Gate
- Lime Hill
- Lines Barn
- Lodburn
- Hr Long Hay Coppice & Lr Long Hay Coppice
- Luccas Fm
- St Mary Magdalen's Church, St Mary's Church
- Dugberry Hill
- Lynch Fm & Lynch Dairy
- Marquis of Lorne P.H.
- Marsh Copse & Marsh Fm
- Merriott (Bridge)
- Milton Mill & Milton Plain
- Nettlecombe Dairy
- New Barn
- Old Limekiln
- Park Copse
- Pitcher's Hill
- Poorton Hill
- Powerstock Mill
- Ramsden Coppice
- Red Lion (P.H.)
- Regent's Coppice
- Ridgeback Lane
- Rough Ground Coppice
- Round Knoll
- Ruscombe Lane
- Smokeham
- Sort
- Strap's Coppice
- Sweed's Copse
- Swyre Bottom, Swyre Coppice & Swyre Hill
- Three Horse Shoes P.H.
- Tucking Mill
- Vicarage
- Way's Hill
- Weir
- Welcome Hill
- Whetley, Whetley Bridge & Whetley Fm
- Westwood Coppice
- Willowbed
- Winscombe Water Bridge
- Wytherstone Marsh
- Wytherstone Wood
- Yard Lane
- Corfe Fm
- Elmside Coppice
- Marlpits Fm