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.

Chettiscombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tiverton

Historical Forms

  • Chetellescoma 1086 DB
  • Chetescumbe 1281 Ass
  • Chettiscome 1285 FA
  • Chettescoumbe 1316 Ipm
  • Cheddyscomb 1428 FA

Etymology

This may be 'cumb of the cietel or hollow' (cf. Chittlehampton supra 338).