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.

Collacombe Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lamerton

Historical Forms

  • Colacoma 1086 DB
  • Collecumb' 1242 Fees789
  • Cullecumb 1242 Fees756 1284 FA
  • Culecumb 1244 Ass
  • Colecumbe 1244 Ass
  • Colecomb 1303 FA 1330 SR

Etymology

'Cula 's cumb,' Cf. Culham (O), Culanham BCS 352.