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Thorncombe Beacon

Other OS name in the Parish of Symondsbury

Historical Forms

  • Thorn(e)combe 1510 Weld2 1811 OS

Etymology

, 1811 OS , a coastal peak ( 508 ' ) at the W edge of the par . , named from Thorn (e )combe 1510Weld 2, 1811 OS , ' thorn-treevalley ' , the earlier name for Doghouse Fm in Chideock par . supra , cf. Gt Thorcombe (under the Cliff )1839TA , v. bēacon .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement