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Huntercombe End, Huntercombe Place

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nuffield

Historical Forms

  • Huntercumba c.1183 Os
  • Huntyrcomb End 1480 Briers1
  • Huntercombe Ende 1523–4 Briers1
  • Huntercomb Farm 1767 Briers1
  • Huntecumbe 1227 FF 1285 Ass
  • Hult'cumbe 1246–7 Ass
  • Huntelcumbe 1285 Ass
  • Huntcombe 1322 BC c.1444
  • Hundrecombe 1332 BC c.1444
  • Hountercumbe 1326 Gor
  • Huntescomb 1716 Briers1
  • Hunterscombe alias Hunterscome 1723 Briers1
  • Hunterton End 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'The huntsmen's valley,' OE  *huntera cumb.