@caitlinrgreen @Helenus_ @tweedcroft Woolacombe means 'valley of the wolves'. And that's Devon, not first place you'd associate with wolves!
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Replying to @megalithophile
@Rober_Fi
@caitlinrgreen@Helenus_ @tweedcroft Very much doubt! I live in Woolpit and there's a similar supposed derivation. Nonsense tho'!2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @jh_heather
@jh_heather@caitlinrgreen@Helenus_ @tweedcroft Well it's in the Doomsday Book as Wolnecomba - 'valley of the wolves' ...1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@Rober_Fi
@caitlinrgreen@Helenus_ @tweedcroft more likely a corruption of a name like Ulf or similar who owned.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @jh_heather
@jh_heather @Rober_Fi@Helenus_ @tweedcroft *disagrees*2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen @Rober_Fi@Helenus_ @tweedcroft accepted!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@caitlinrgreen @Rober_Fi@Helenus_ @tweedcroft (should have asked "with whom")1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jh_heather
@jh_heather @Rober_Fi@Helenus_ @tweedcroft Ekwall & Watts :) Both note this but also that later spellings tend towards 'spring', however!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen @Rober_Fi@Helenus_ @tweedcroft as an aside, any refs, please? Could solve another prob?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@jh_heather @Rober_Fi @Helenus_ @tweedcroft Ekwall=Oxford Dict of PNs, Watts=Cambridge; both note 'wolf' etym+spring one under Wollacombe :)
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