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Survey of English Place-Names

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Buttercombe Moor Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Ogwell

Historical Forms

  • Butercumbe 1238 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Butercumbe 1238Ass . ' Valleywith rich pasture , ' v. cumb and cf. Buttercombe supra 40 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement