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.

Mattiscombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stokenham

Historical Forms

  • Matescumb 1281 Ass
  • Matescoumbe t.Ric2 Rental

Etymology

The first element seems to be a pers. name Mætti , not on record but apparently found in Mattishall (Nf), Mateshala DB.It may be a pet-form of an OE  Mǣð -name. Cf. Martinhoe supra 65.