Monument record MDO47274 - Medieval settlement, Higher Kingcombe Farm, Toller Porcorum

Earthwork remains of a deserted medieval settlement identifed at Higher Kingcombe Farm, possibly the site of Chimedecombe. The earthworks comprise a series of indeterminate banks to the south of Higher Kingscombe Farm, and a series of at least seven crofts set out in a parallel system to the south of the road to the west of the farm.

(SY547997. DMV sited at Higher Kingcombe Farm from Auth 1 and OS 10000 1976). Hutchins says that Chimedecombe was anciently a manor and a tithing in Bridport division and Redhove Hundred. Higher Kentcomb (Kingcombe) seems to have been Chimedecombe in Domesday. <1>

A series of indeterminate banks over to the South of Higher Kingscombe Farm, and a series of at least 7 crofts are set out in a parallel system South of the road to the West of the farm. <2>

'Chimedecombe' in Domesday Book, 'Kendecombe' in the Book of Fee, 1212, 'Nether Kentecombe' in the 1315 Feet of Fines. <3>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 710 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (Toller Porcorum file) (Unpublished document). SDO19871.

<2.1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 3389-90 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14432.

<3> Fagersten, A, 1933, Place-names of Dorset, 236 (Monograph). SDO17521.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 884190 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 28 2023 7:42AM