Postcombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chedworth
Historical Forms
- on posecumbes heafdon c.800 BCS299 11th
- Puscombe 1824 M
Etymology
Postcombe, on posecumbes heafdon c. 800 (11th) BCS 299, Puscombe 1824 M. The first el. may be a form of the rare OE posa , pusa 'bag' used in some figurative sense to describe a hollow. v. cumb 'valley', hēafod 'head'.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Fields Fm
- Hedgeley Grove
- Listercombe Bottom
- New Barn
- Newport
- Pinkwell
- The Pyke
- St John's Church (site)
- Tunway Gate
- Well Hill
- Wood Barrow
- Green Lane
- Hartshill
- Hill Fm
- Longfurlong
- Monkham Wood
- Newman's Covert
- Pinswell
- Raybrook Barn
- Ashwell
- Bleakmoor
- Boy's Grove
- Burford's Grove
- Calves Hill
- The Castle
- Cheap St.
- Chedworth Beacon, Chedworth Laines & Chedworth Woods
- Coulsty Barn
- Cowslait Grove