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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rat Combe

Other OS name in the Parish of Sampford Courtenay

Historical Forms

  • Radcombe t.Ed6 Rental

Etymology

is Radcombe t. Ed 6Rental . Probably ' red valley , ' v. cumb . The soil here is red sandstone .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement