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Great Coombe, Hr Coombe, Lt Coombe Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Historical Forms

  • Combe Bottom & Combe Fm 1769 DCMMap
  • Combe 1811 OS

Etymology

Great Coombe (SY 368971), Hr Coombe, Lt Coombe Fm, Combe Bottom & Combe Fm 1769DCMMap , Combe 1811 OS, cf. Alexander de la Cumbe Ed 1HarlCh (associated with Mandeville Stoke), Walter atte Comb '1332 SR (taxed in Colway), and Simon atte Combe 1399, 1400Ilch (associated with Abbotts Wootton), v. cumb 'valley', atte 'at the'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement