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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gatcombe Plant

Other OS name in the Parish of Colesborne

Historical Forms

  • Gatcombe head 1839 TA

Etymology

. , Gatcombe head 1839TA , ' gate or gap valley ' , v. geat , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement