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Survey of English Place-Names

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Timbercombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Charlton Kings

Historical Forms

  • Tymbercombe 1549 FF 1599 Comm
  • Tymbercum 1606 AOMB

Etymology

, Tymbercombe 1549FF , 1599Comm , Tymbercum 1606AOMB , ' timber valley ' , v. timber , cumb , cf. Timbercomb (i, 125supra ) .