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Ruthercombe Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Hawkesbury

Historical Forms

  • Ruddlecomb 1830 M
  • Bothercombes Ash 1633 InqM

Etymology

, 1841TA , Ruddlecomb 1830 M;Bothercombes Ash 1633 InqM is probably an error for Rothercombes Ash , ' oxvalley ' , v. hrīðer , cumb .