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Lurgecombe Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashburton

Historical Forms

  • Loryggecombe 1504 DA
  • mill called Lurge 1553 DA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Loryggecombe 1504 DA 56, mill called Lurge 1553 DA 28 . Cf. also Lurge hyll 1583 (ib.) .