Spuncombe Bottom
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wotton under Edge
Historical Forms
- Spuncombe 1545 AOMB
- Spincombe 1575 TRMB
- Spanscum Cliffe, Spontcomb(es Cliffe), Sponcombe meade Eliz Surv
- Spancomb Bottom 1830 M
Etymology
Spuncombe Bottom, Spuncombe 1545AOMB , Spincombe 1575TRMB , Spanscum Cliffe , Spontcomb (es Cliffe ), Sponcombe meade ElizSurv , Spancomb Bottom 1830 M. The forms are too much at variance for any certainty, but OE spōn 'chipping, shaving', possibly also 'shingle tile' (as in Spoonbed and Spoonley i, 133, ii, 27 supra ), would account for most of them, esp. when shortened in the compound to ME spon . 'Valley where chippings from timber-dressing or shingles were made', v. cumb .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bradley, Bradley Court, Bradley Green
- Canonscourt Fm
- Coombe, Coombe Hill
- Golden Knoll
- Hawpark Fm
- Huntingford
- Lisleway Hill
- The Ridge, Ridge Fm, formerly The Edge
- Sinwell
- Symond's Hall Fm
- Tor Hill
- Tyley Bottom, Tyley Knoll, Tyley Wood
- Whitley
- Wimley Hill
- Wortley
Other OS name
- Ashwood
- Berryhill Fm
- Black Quarries
- Brakeley Wood
- Burton Field
- Conygre Wood
- Dingle Wood
- The Down
- Dudley Mill
- Dyersbrook
- Ellerncroft
- Ellfield Ho
- Fatting Ho
- Frogend Fm
- The Grove, Eliz
- Hack Mill
- Hang Woods
- Hill Mill
- Holly Cover
- Holywell
- Huntley Wood
- Knoll Mill
- Leys Fm
- The Mears
- Merlin Haven
- Monk's Mill
- Nind Lane
- The Nook
- Parker's Hill Wood
- Parkmill Fm
- Potters Pound
- Pounds Ground
- Ragnall
- The Ridings
- Rushmire Fm
- Sandhills Hill
- Slade Barn
- Tumbleyhill Wood
- Westfield Brake
- Workham Bushes