Postcombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Lewknor
Historical Forms
- Postlecumbe 1246–7 Ass
- Postelcumbe, Postlecumb 1278–9 RH
- Postelcombe 1327–77,1348 AD 1415 Bodl(Barrett)
- Postelecombe 1355 Ipm
- Postercumbe 1246–7 Ass
- Postcombe early18th ParColl
Etymology
Second element 'valley,' v. cumb . Alexander suggests that the first is the Shropshire dialect word possel , used of a swampy piece of ground, and this gives excellent sense. Otherwise the name appears to contain postel , 'a door-post or gate-post,' recorded c. 1175, or the formally identical word meaning 'postern, small gate,' recorded c. 1400.