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Stutcombe Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Evershot

Historical Forms

  • Stutcombe or Virnal, Stutcombe Mead Garden Altmts, Stutcombes 1838 TA
  • Stottecombe 1304 Cl
  • Stuttecombe, Stotecumbe 1304 ChancW

Etymology

( partly in Melbury S . par . infra ) , Stutcombe or Virnal , Stutcombe Mead Garden Altmts , Stutcombes 1838TA , perhaps to be identified with Stottecombe 1304 Cl, Stuttecombe , Stotecumbe 1304 ChancW , probably ' gnat infestedvalley ' from stūt 1 and cumb .