Cowcombe Hill & Cowcombe Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Minchinhampton
Historical Forms
- Colecumb(e) 1221,1248 Ass 1307 MchCust 1309 MinAcct 1327 SR 1411 MinAcct
- Colcombe, Colcumbe 1268 Episc 1403 BGli 1438 Rent 1454 MinAcct 1465 Pat 1533 FF
- Collcombeslone 1379 MinAcct
- Cokcombe 1449 MinAcct
- Cocomb 1777 M
- Cowkeham 1594 FF
- Cowcombe 1779 Rudder
Etymology
Probably 'valley where charcoal was burnt', v. col , cumb . For Cow - cf. Phonol. § 27. The little valley and hill-side are still well- wooded. The word cumb is often used in the p.ns. of Stroud valley to describe such side-valleys, as in Gatcombe (infra ), Brimscombe (141infra ), etc.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Ball's Green
- Beechknapp
- Black Ditch
- Bubblewell
- The Bulwarks
- Burleigh Court
- Burnt Ash
- Camp Field
- Christow
- Claycombe
- The Close
- Crackstone
- Culver Ho
- Deanley
- The Devil's Churchyard & THe Devil's Elbow
- Dunkerspool
- Field Ho
- The Folly
- Frogmarsh
- Gatcombe Park & Gatcombe Wood
- Gillhays Copse
- Golden Valley
- Gydynap Lane
- Hampton Fields
- Heath Ho
- Highcroft
- Hollybush Fm
- Jacob's Knowle
- The Knap
- Knave-in-Hole
- The Knoll
- The Lammas
- Littleworth
- The Long Stone
- Marley Lane
- New Barn
- Peaches Fm
- Pennyhill Wood
- Quarry Hill
- Ragged Cot
- Scarhill Lane
- Spriggs Well
- Theescombe
- Wall's Quarry
- Well Hill Grove
- Wimberley Mill
- Whitfield's Tump
- Woefuldane Bottom & Woefuldane Fm
- Wood Ho