English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Bacombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wendover

Historical Forms

  • Backham 1826 B

Etymology

The forms are insufficient for an explanation to be offered.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement