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.

Hollacombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hollacombe

Historical Forms

  • Holecoma 1086 DB
  • Holecumbe 1238 Ass
  • Holecombe juxta Holdesworthy 1299 Exon

Etymology

'Hollow valley,' v. holh , cumb .

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Places in the same Parish