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Survey of English Place-Names

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de columbar ' Johis de Wihum

Field in the Parish of Wyham cum Cadeby

Historical Forms

  • de columbar ' Johis de Wihum 1330 Spald

Etymology

de columbar' Johis de Wihum 1330(c.1331)('John of Wyham's dovecote', v. douve-cote)