Seacombe Bottom, Seacombe Cliff, Seacombe Quarry, Seacombe Gallery
Early-attested site in the Parish of Worth Matravers
Historical Forms
- Secombe, Secombesmede 1306 ChrP 1372
- Seacomb(e) quarry 1786,1861 Hutch3
- Seacombe Cliff 1811 OS
- Seacombe Bottom, Seacombe Fd 1840 TA
Etymology
Seacombe Bottom (SY 981773), Seacombe Cliff, Seacombe Quarry (all 6″), Seacombe Gallery (local), Secombe , Secombesmede 1306 (1372) ChrP , Seacomb (e ) quarry 1786, 1861 Hutch3, Seacombe Cliff 1811 OS, Seacombe Bottom , Seacombe Fd 1840TA , 'valley opening on to the sea', v. sǣ , cumb , with mǣd , botm , cf. Seacombe Ch 4329; gallery is a mining term meaning 'an underground passage, a level or drift' (NED s.v. sense 7).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- St Alban's Head or St Aldhelm's Head
- Weston Fm
- Woodyhyde Ctgs, Woodyhyde Fm
- St Aldhelm's Chapel
- Caplestone Ctg
- Chapman's Pool (Ctgs)
- Eastington Fm
- Haycraft
- Quarr
- Renscombe Fm
Other OS name
- Abbascombe
- Black Man's Stile
- Bonvils Fm
- Buttery Corner
- Compact Fm
- The Cottage
- Crab Hole
- Culverwell
- Downshay Fm, Downshay Wd
- Emmetts Hill
- Sheepfold
- Lr Sutton, Top Sutton
- Turnpike Ctgs
- Watch Rock
- West Hill
- Winspit (Bottom), Winspit East End
- Worth Fm, Worth Quarries
- Halswell Bars, Halswell Cliff, Halswell Rock
- Sunnydown School
- Gallows Gore Ctgs
- Square & Compass (P.H.)
- Flower Mdw
- Harman's Copse, Harman's Cross, Harman's Cross Rds
- Hill Bottom
- Instow
- Lookout Post, Rocket Post
- East Man, West Man
- Manor Ho
- Mike's Cove, Willy's Cove
- Necklace
- North Hill
- Pier Bottom
- Primrose Hill
- Ring-Bum Gdns
- Rookery
- St Nicholas's Church