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.

Spriddlescombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Modbury

Historical Forms

  • Comba 1086 DB
  • Cumb Spridel 1242 Fees770
  • Spridelcumb 1242 Fees796
  • Spridlescombe 1301 Ipm

Etymology

v. cumb . William Sprydel held the manor in 1346 (FA). In 1242 (Fees) it was held by the Peverel family, but the Spridel family may have been sub-tenants.