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Pennycomequick

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Damarel

Historical Forms

  • Penicomequick 1643 Worth
  • penny comequicke 1650 PlymRec

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Penicomequick 1643 Worth,penny comequicke 1650 PlymRec . Probably a nickname for a prosperous farm . Cf. Make-em-rich (Nb) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement