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.

Honeycomb ( Flg )

Field in the Parish of Dorchester St Peter & All Saints

Historical Forms

  • 1841 TA

Etymology

Honeycomb(Flg)(v. hunig, cumb, cf. Honymor 1349(v. mōr),but perhaps to be associated with Hunger cumbe 1347, Honger combe 1348, v.hungor)