Gatcombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Minchinhampton
Historical Forms
- Catecumba l.12 Berk
- Catecumbe 1309 MinAcct
- Gatecumbe 1306,1309 MinAcct
- Gatecombe Ric2 Rent 1411 MinAcct 1489 Pat
- Gattecombeshed(e) 1347,1438 Rent 1456 MinAcct
- Gatcombe 1441 GR849 1453 MinAcct 1487 Pat
- Gatcombeshede 1454 MinAcct
- Yatcombe 1454 MinAcct
Etymology
The name describes the deep valley running north from Gatcombe Water to The Long Stone (156–8899), which makes a clear gap in the hill-side between the wooded slopes, v. geat 'gap in the hills' (as the last spelling Yat - indicates), cumb . Gatcombe (iii, 252infra ) is probably of similar origin.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Amberley
- Aston Down
- Besbury Fm
- Box
- Burleigh
- Bury Moor
- Cowcombe Hill & Cowcombe Wood
- Forwood
- Hyde
- Longfords Ho
- St Chloe
- Trullwell
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