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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lancombes Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Powerstock

Historical Forms

  • Gt Lancombe & Lt Lancombe, Lancombe Bottom & Lancombe Hill 1839 TA

Etymology

, a crossroads , named from Gt Lancombe & Lt Lancombe ,Lancombe Bottom & Lancombe Hill 1839TA , perhaps ' long valley ' , v. lang 1 , cumb .