Mercombe Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Withington
Historical Forms
- to mærcumbe c.800 BCS299 11th
- Merescumbe 1139–48 Glouc
- Markham grove 1839 TA
- Meresplot 1139–48 Glouc
Etymology
Mercombe Wood, to mærcumbe c. 800 (11th) BCS 299, Merescumbe 1139–48 Glouc, Markham grove 1839TA . 'Boundary valley', v. (ge)mǣre (gen.sg. (ge )mǣres ), cumb , referring to a long deep valley along which the parish boundary runs, as did that of the Withington estate in BCS 299; the same boundary is named in Meresplot 1139–48 Glouc (but cf. Merscplot 190infra ), and in mærweges c. 800 BCS 299, which is a track going north along the boundary from the head of Mercombe.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Badgerbury Plant
- Barncombe Bottom
- Bogden Bank
- Bradley
- The Bratches
- Breakneck Bank
- Broadwell End
- Chatterley
- Day's Hill
- Elwell
- Foulwell Wood
- The Gulf Scrubs
- Hill Barn
- Kilkenny
- Lyde Bank
- Needlehole
- Northfield Fm
- Pinchley Wood
- Ravenswell Fm
- Shill Hill
- Shornhill Fm
- Smoke Acre
- Staple Fm
- Thorndale
- Turpin's Green
- Wall Grove
- Woodbridge