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Survey of English Place-Names

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Humber Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Melcombe Horsey

Etymology

, 1841TA (Mappowder) , probably an instance of the pre - English stream - name Humber with reference to the small stream ( now unnamed ) nearby .