Stinchcombe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stinchcombe
Historical Forms
- Stintescumb(e), Styntescumb(e), Styntescomb(e) 1150–60 DJ 1196 FF e.13 Berk c.1220 GlR 1255 Ipm 1413 FF
- Stinctescumb c.1230 GlR
- Stinthescoumbe 1287 QW
- Stinch(e)comb(e), Stynch(e)comb(e) c.1290 WinchLB 1457 IpmR 1498 Ipm 1507 ADiii 1651 ParlSurv
- Stynchescombe 1369,1375 Ipm
- Stenescombe Hy8 Rent
- Styniscombe 1587 FF
Etymology
'Valley frequented by the sandpiper or dunlin', v. stint , cumb .On the change of -ts - to -ch - cf. Phonol. § 44 (a ).