Coscombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanway
Historical Forms
- Costicumb, Costycumb 1248,1287 Ass
- Costecumbe, Costeco(u)mbe 1287 1327 SR Hy6 AddCh
- Cossecumbe 1287 Ass
- Coscet' 1291 Tax
- Coscombe 1535 VE 1627 Inq
Etymology
Coscombe, Costicumb , Costycumb 1248, 1287Ass , Costecumbe , Costeco (u )mbe 1287 ib, 1327SR , Hy 6AddCh , Cossecumbe 1287Ass , Coscet ' (sic) 1291 Tax, Coscombe 1535 VE, et freq to 1627 Inq. 'Costa's valley', v. cumb . An OE pers.n. Costa is assumed for Cawsand (D 448), etc., from OE cost 'excellent' and the OG pers.ns. Costica , Costilo . But it is possible that the first el. is a metathesised form of Cotes - (which the spelling Cosce - indicates) and is derived from the OE Cōd which occurs in the nearby Cutsdean (7supra ) and other local names.Postlip (34infra ) is similarly from an earlier Pottes -.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Blackoat Hill Plant
- Camp Hollow
- Congrove Wood
- Field Barn
- Freeboard Plant
- Halmarack Coppice
- Hands Hill
- Hornhill Bank
- Hornsleasow Fm
- Lidcombe Hill
- Ling Ground
- Newhill, Oldhill
- Papermill Fm
- Parks Barn
- Rawden Barn
- The Ringworm
- Scarborough Pits
- The Slade
- Slate Pits
- The Sling, The Slinget
- Staite's Grove
- Stanway Grounds, Stanway Hill
- Stumps Cross
- Thrift Wood
- Whiteway Plant