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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dutchcombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Painswick

Historical Forms

  • Dud(d)escombe, Dud(d)escumbe 1400 Rudder 1543 MinAcct c.1560 Surv
  • Dudscomb, Dutchcomb 1839 TA

Etymology

Dutchcombe, Dud (d )escombe , Dud (d )escumbe 1400 Rudder 594, 1543MinAcct , c. 1560Surv , Dudscomb , Dutchcomb 1839TA . 'Dud(d)'s valley', from the OE  pers.n. Dud (d ) and cumb. For the assimilation to Dutch - cf. Phonol. § 44 (b ).