Kingcombe, Hr Kingcombe & Lr Kingcombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Toller Porcorum
Historical Forms
- Chimedecome 1086 DB
- Kemedecumba John AddCh
- Kendecumb 1212 Fees
- Kendecumbe 1268 Ass
- Kemthecumb 1226 FF
- Kenittecumbe 1231 Pat
- Kemtecumbe 1244 Ass
- Kemdecomb, Kemdecumbe 1275 RH
- Keindecumbe 1285 FA
- Candecumbe (sic) 1288 Ass
- Kemelecumbe John AddCh 1288 Ass
- Kenilecumb' 1251–2 Fees
- Kendelcombe (sic) 1280 Ass
- Kemlecumbe 1305 FF
- Overkenilecumbe 1311 ib
- Kentecumba 1236 Fees
- Kentecome 1280 Ass
- Kentecumb(e) 1285 FF 1288 Ass 1297 Cl 1315 Hen1
- Nither Kentecumb(e) 1367 Weld2
- Kentecomb(e) 1285 FA 1315 Hen1
- Nethere Kentecumb(e) 1315 FF 1327,1332 SR 1337 Lane
- Nither Kentecumb(e) 1346 FA 1355 Ipm 1474 Pat
- Kentecoumbe 1315 Ipm
- Overkent(e)combe 1385 IpmR 1386 Cl 1401,1413 Fine 1414 Cl
- Netherkent(e)combe 1386,1400 1462 ib
- Nytherkentecombe 1400 Cl 1431 FA
- Nither Kenticombe 1428 ib
- Kentencumbe (sic) 1288 Ass
- Keinecumbe 1303 FA
- Nether Keinecumb 1303 FA
- Nuther Keincombe 1303 FA
- Netherkencombe 1465 Pat 1510 DCM 1653 ParlSurv
- Overkencombe 1510 DCM
- Higher Kencomb 1686 DCMCt
- Kencombe Inferior 1700 Mont
- Overkingcombe 1653 ParlSurv 1664 HTax
- Nether Kingcombe, Over Kingcombe 1795 Boswell
- Nethere Kentecombe 1315 FF
Etymology
Possibly 'valley where wall-germander grows', from OE cymed and cumb, as first suggested by Ekwall RN 228, DEPN and since generally accepted, as by Smith EPN 1 123 and Gelling LandscapePNs 107 (cf. Tengstrand MN 102). However the consistent early (post-DB) e -spellings for the first el. (Kemede -, Kende -, Kemthe -, Kente -, etc.) are perhaps a problem, as already pointed out by Fägersten 236. Moreover the late John Pafford (pers. comm.) thought it unlikely that the plant in question (not otherwise evidenced in English p.ns.) would flourish in a damp, marshy valley. An interesting alternative possibility for the first el., suggested by Professor Richard Coates (pers. comm.) is an OE *cemde 'having a comb or crest' (cf. camb ). A pers.n. does not look possible, but cf. the mysterious Cened 925 (BCS 641, S 394) thought by Redin 27 to be an error for Cenred . If the early Kemele -, Kenile -, Kemle - forms are genuine, and not errors for Kemde -, Kemte -, etc., the somewhat similar interchange of early spellings for Hemsworth 2260–1 might be compared. The distinguishing affixes Over - and Nether - first appear in the early 14th cent., v. uferra 'higher', neoðerra 'lower'. It will be noted that the development to King - is relatively late: in 1774 Hutch1, Higher and Lower Kingcombe are still Higher -Kentcomb , Over -Kentcomb and Lower -Kentcomb , Nether -Kentcomb , North -Kentcomb respectively, cf. also Higher Kentcomb , Lower Kentcomb on 1811 OS. There was a mill Nethere Kentecombe in 1315 FF.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Barrowland Lane, Hr Barrowland Wd & Lr Barrowland Wd
- Barton Fm
- Butts Lane
- Clift (Lane)
- Coles Moor
- Combe Bottom Coppice
- Common Lane
- Flower's Withy Bed
- Frogmore Lane
- Grays Fm
- Green Lane
- Hooper's Fm
- Kingcombe Coppice & Kingcombe Lane, Hr Kingcombe Barn, Lt Kingcombe Coppice
- Manor Fm
- Mary's Well, Mary's Well Lane & Mary's Well Withy Bed
- Matchill's Coppice
- Northover Ho
- Parsonage Barn
- Poor Ho
- Redholm Coppice
- Riverside Fm, Rodmore Coppice
- The Rookery
- St Peter's Church
- Stone's Cmn (Coppice)
- Toller Fm & Toller Lane
- Toller Mill
- Vicarage
- Westwood Coppice & Westwood Withy Bed
- Wicker Coppice
- Woolcombe Withy Bed