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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lidcombe Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanway

Historical Forms

  • Lytcombe hill 1540 AOMB

Etymology

, 1830 M , Lytcombe hill 1540AOMB , the first el . is an OE stream - name hlȳde ' the noisy one ' ; the same stream gave its name to Lower Lyde ( f.n. infra ) , Lydes Fm (29infra ) , Lyde bank in Didbrook (9supra ) , Lyde in Stanton (24supra ) ; the stream was actually called Ludebrok ( 40 infra ) , v. cumb ' valley ' .