Lyncombe Vale
valley · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Lyncombe is an Old English name meaning 'valley by the boundary' or 'valley by the enclosure'. 'Vale' is a synonym for valley.
Word origins
- lyn
- Old Englishboundary, enclosure(from linc "boundary, enclosure")
- combe
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from cumb "valley")
- vale
- Unknownvalley(from val "valley")
Historical forms
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