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.

Yarnscombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stokenham

Historical Forms

  • Arnecumbe 1204 FF
  • Yernecomb 1303 FA
  • Yhernecoumb 1306 Ipm
  • Yarnescombe in Stokenham t.Eliz ChancP

Etymology

'Eagles' valley,' cf. Yarnscombe supra 82.