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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thorncombe Fm and Street

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bramley

Historical Forms

  • Torncūba 1206 ChR
  • Thorn(e)cumbe 1241,1279 Ass
  • Thorncombe in Bromligh 1322 FF
  • Thornecomestrete 1518–29 ECP
  • Marshall al. Thornecombe Strete 1596 Recov

Etymology

Thorncombe Fm (6″) and Street is Torncūba 1206 ChR, Thorn (e )cumbe 1241, 1279Ass , Thorncombe in Bromligh 1322 FF, Thornecomestrete 1518–29 ECP, Marshall al. Thornecombe Strete 1596Recov . 'Thorn valley,' v. cumb . Robert Marshall held the manor in 1502 (De Banco Roll , VCH iii, 84).