What does the name Balcombe mean?

Mining Place Camp
The name Balcombe may mean “Mining Place Camp”. Bal is a Cornish word meaning a mining place as in Bal Maidens, and the same word may have existed in Ancient British Celtic. Although Coombe or Combe can mean a valley, it can also come from the Roman “camp”.

Who owns the Balcombe Estate?

Simon Greenwood –
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When was Balcombe place built?

1856
Balcombe Place was built in 1856 for John Alexander Hankey of nearby Naylands (qv). The architect was Henry Clutton.

How big is the Balcombe Estate?

3,500 acre
The Balcombe Estate is a 3,500 acre traditional family-run estate centred on the village of Balcombe in West Sussex in the High Weald AONB.

Where does the surname Balcombe come from?

The surname Balcombe was first found in West Sussex, at Balcombe a village and civil parish which dates back to about the 11th century when it was listed as Balecumba. Together the name possibly meant “valley of a man called Bealda” from the Old English personal name + cumb which meant “valley” or “hollow”.

What happened to Balcombe?

Balcombe was the birthplace of Colour Sergeant (later Lieutenant Colonel) Frank Bourne DCM, who fought at the battle of Rorke’s Drift in the Zulu War. He was the last British survivor of that battle when he died in Dorking in 1945.

What is the origin of the name Balcombe?

There are differing views as to the origin of the name ‘Balcombe’: some say it is Saxon for “Bealeda’s Cum” (Bealeda’s Valley). Others say it is from the Old English, “Bealy Cumb”, meaning ‘lush valley’.

Who built Balcombe Place in 1856?

Balcombe Place (List Entry Number 1025775), a Tudor style country House, built in 1856 by Henry Clutton for John Hankey of Naylands. Kemp’s House (List Entry Number 1192986), a late C17 house. Edmund’s Farmhouse (List Entry Number 1193049), a C15 timber-framed building, with a C16 wing added behind.

What is there to do in Balcombe?

The tunnel of the Southern Railway line from Brighton to London passes underneath this part. There are several chalybeate springs in the parish, one of them near Balcombe House, and there are good building-stone quarries. There is a Congregational Church in the village, built in 1893.