Alcombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Box
Historical Forms
- Alecumbe 1279 GDR
- Alecombe 1307 WIpm 1332 SR
- Alecoumbe 1307 WIpm
- Alcombe 1497 Ipm
- Awcon 1650 Map
- Alcombe or Akeham 1773 AandD
- Aucombe c.1840 TA
Etymology
Alcombe is Alecumbe 1279GDR (p), Alecombe 1307 WIpm, 1332SR (p), Alecoumbe 1307 WIpm, Alcombe 1497 Ipm, Awcon 1650Map , Alcombe or Akeham 1773 A and D, Aucombe c. 1840TA .The forms are too late for any certainty. The name may be from OE Ællan cumb , 'Aella's valley,' v. cumb .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Chapel Plaster
- Ditteridge
- Hatt Ho
- Hazelbury Ho
- Henley
- Rudloe Ho
- Slade's Fm
- Wadswick
- Wormcliff and Wormwood Fm
Other OS name
- Ashley
- Barn Ho
- Ben Mead
- Blue Vein
- Botleaze Wood
- Box Field
- Chapel Barn
- Charlwood
- Ennox Wood
- Folly Fm
- Grove Ho
- Hungerford Bottom
- Inghalls Cottage
- Kingsdown
- Kingsmoor
- Littlefield
- Longlease Cottages
- Middlehill
- Mill Ho
- Old Pits
- Quarry Hill
- Roadhill Wood
- Round Wood
- Stowell Wood
- Totney Firs
- Tyning Cottages
- Washwells
- Weavern Cottages
- Whitewood
- Woodlands