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Luccombe is a village and civil parish in the Exmoor National Park in the English county of Somerset. It at the foot of the moor's highest hill, the Dunkery Beacon, and is about one mile south of the A39 road between Porlock and Minehead. Administratively it forms part of the district of West Somerset. The parish includes the hamlets of Stoke Pero (''Stoche'' in 1086 Domesday Book) and Horner. ==History== The name Luccombe is believed to mean either ''Lufa's valley'' or ''valley where the counting was done''. ''Locumbe'' in 1086 Domesday book. There is evidence of Iron age field systems on the top of Great Hill, and the Sweetworthy Iron Age hill fort. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 East Luccombe was held by Ralph de Limesi passing by the 13th century to the Luccombe family, and later to the Arundell family. Along with West Luccombe these passed to the Acland family Luccombe was part of the hundred of Carhampton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/hundred/carhampton/ )〕 In 1944 Sir Richard Acland gave the Holnicote Estate, which includes Luccombe, to the National Trust. Luccombe is the location of the annual St Albans Cathedral Choir Camp, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luccombe, Somerset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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