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Survey of English Place-Names

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Nutcombe Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Hanford

Etymology

, probably a transferred name , from Richard ' Nutcomb ofNutcomb co. Devon ' who married the daughter of Robert Seymer , lord of the manor of Hanford , in 1692 (Hutch3 463) ; there are four places called Nutcombe mentioned in PN D .