Bonscombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Shipton Gorge
Historical Forms
- Bonscombe 1841 TA
- Bonescumbe 1274 Brid
- Bonescumb(a) l13 Brid
- Bondscombe 1618 Ilch 1841 TA
Etymology
Bonscombe (SY 489923), Bonscombe 1841TA , Bonescumbe 1274 Brid, Bonescumb (a )l13Brid , Bondscombe 1618Ilch , 1841TA , from cumb 'valley'; the first el. is a ME surname, cf. William Boun 1332 SR (a taxpayer in the tithing of Sturthill infra ).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Manor Dairy & Manor Fm
- St Catherine's Cross
- Bennett's Hill Fm
- Bonscombe Hill & Bonscombe Lane
- Cobbett Hill
- Court Ho
- Eight Acre Copse
- Eldon Hill
- Fish Pond
- Greenway
- Hammiton Hill & Hammiton Wood
- Hill Copse
- Home Fm
- Old Lime Kiln
- Long Copse
- Lynch Fm, Lr Lynch
- The Plot
- Shipton Hill
- New Inn
- St Martin's Church
- Mason's Arms P.H.
- St Luke's Fm
- Smacombe
- Sturthill Copse