Foscombe
Other OS name in the Parish of Ashleworth
Historical Forms
- Foxcumb(e) 12 Glouc 1269 FF
Etymology
, 1798EnclA , Foxcumb (e )12 Glouc, 1269FF , ' fox valley ' , v. fox , cumb ; the valley is that at grid 143 – 817265 leading up to Foscombe Hill , formerly called forstricge ( infra ) , but the two names are not connected etymologically .