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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lt Harcombe Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • Gt Harcombe & Lt Harcombe 1843 TA(WhitchurchC.)
  • commune pasture de Hawcombe, montem de Hawcombe 1577 Dun
  • Haccomses 16 Petre

Etymology

, Gt Harcombe & Lt Harcombe 1843TA (Whitchurch C.),perhaps to be identified with commune pasture de Hawcombe , montem de Hawcombe 1577Dun , Haccomses 16Petre , v. cumb , first el . uncertain .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement