Doncombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Colerne
Historical Forms
- Donenecombe 1363,1382,1406 NewColl
- Donencombe 1363 ib
- Doncomb 1471 WMxxxiv
- Duncombehill 1522 NewColl
Etymology
Doncombe [dʌnkəm] is Donenecombe 1363, 1382, 1406NewColl , Donencombe 1363 ib., Doncomb 1471 WM xxxiv, Duncombehill 1522NewColl . The forms are too late for any certainty to be possible. It may be for earlier Dunnan cumb . 'Dunna 's valley,' v. cumb . The adj. dunn , 'gray,' is also possible. Cf. Middendorffs. v .