Thorncombe

Other current and historical names

Tornecome
Gribb
Greenhill

Parish/Community: Thorncombe
District/Borough: West Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°49'30"N 2°53'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 337561, 103231
OS Grid: ST375032
Mapcode Local: GBR MB.X868
Mapcode Global: FRA 46VX.DR7

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Thorncombe within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Thorncombe in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Thorncombe, par. and vil., Dorset, 5½ miles NE. of Axminster, 4896 ac., pop. 1095; P.O.

Thorncombe in the Domesday Book

A village in Axminster hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 8 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 18 acres
- Woodland: 15 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle

British Place Names

Thorncombe, Dorset

Thorncombe is a village in Dorset

Thorncombe in historic gazetteers

Thorncombe in the Domesday Book