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.

Metcombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marwood

Historical Forms

  • Metcoma 1086 DB
  • Medcome 1244 Ass
  • Medcumbe 1281 Ass
  • Medecoumb 1442 IpmR
  • Meddecomb 1501 Ipm

Etymology

'Meadow valley,' v. mæd , cumb .

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