Whitcombe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitcombe
Historical Forms
- (at) Widecome 843 BCS738
- Wydecombe 843 ib
- Widecome 1086 DB
- Widecoma Exon
- Widecumb(e) 1198 P 1212 Fees 1288 Ass
- Widecume 1285 FA
- Widecombe 1310 Inqaqd 1461 Ct 1487 Weld1
- Widecoumb 1339 Cl
- Wydek(o)umbe 1280 Ass
- Wydecume 1285 FA
- Wydecumb(e) 1288 Ass 1291 Tax 1421 DorR
- Wydecomb(e) 1311 Pat 1487 Weld1
- Widicumbe 1212 P
- Whydecumbe 1288 Ass
- Wytecombe 1291 Tax 1428 FA
- Wytcombe, Witcombe 1460 Fine 1682 Weld1
- Wattcomb(e), Wettecomb(e), Vettecomb(e) 1460 Ct
- Wettcombe 1461 ib
- Wydcombe 1461 Ct 1559 DCMCt
- Widcombe 1486 Weld1
- Whitcombe 1573 DCMCt 1795 Boswell
Etymology
'Wide valley', v. wīd (wk. obl. wīdan ), cumb , cf. Witcombe Gl 2158. The 15th cent, spellings in Watt -, Wett (e )- may suggest that the first el. was thought to be from OE wēt (WSax wǣt) 'wet, damp'.