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Ratcombe Barn, Ratcombe Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornford

Etymology

, cf. Ratcombe or Lye Hill (Md ), Lt Ratcombe , Ratcombe Coppice , Ratcombe Md ,Ratcombe Plant .1849TA , v. cumb ; first el . may be ræt ' rat ' , but perhaps rōt ' cheerful ' if the form ffotcombe (ff written oversome other letter, possibly R -) 1583Digby belongs here , cf. the nearby fields called Heaven and Mount Pleasant ; for these and Lye Hill ( Md ) , v. f. ns . infra .