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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sappercombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Charlton Kings

Historical Forms

  • Sapcombe 1605 Comm
  • Sapercombe 1844 TA

Etymology

, Sapcombe 1605Comm , Sapercombe 1844TA , probably ' soap-maker valley ' , v. sāpere ( doubtless as a byname , cf. Sapperton i, 137supra ) , cumb .