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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stancombe Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Bisley

Historical Forms

  • Stancomb(e) 1327 SR
  • Stancomb(e) Cross 1777 M
  • Stankcombe feilde 1609 AOMB

Etymology

, Stancomb (e )1327SR (p), Stancomb (e ) Cross 1777M, Stankcombe feilde 1609AOMB , ' stony valley ' , v. stān , cumb , a p.n. which occurs several times in Gl .