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.

Sacombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sacombe

Historical Forms

  • Sueuechāp, Sueuecāpe, Stuochampe 1086 DB
  • Suavescompe 1270 FF
  • Swavecaumpe 1310 BM
  • Seuechampe 1086 DB
  • Seuecaumpe 1253,1282 Ipm
  • Seuecamp 1253 Ch
  • Sevcaumpe 1330 Pat
  • Seucans t.Ric1 P
  • Sauecampe 1199,1228 FF 1252 Ipm 1283 Pat
  • Sauecompe 1314,1353 Ipm
  • Sauecaumpe 1319 Pat
  • Sauecombe 1361 ib
  • Sauecome 1436 Cl
  • Saucamp 1284 ib
  • Sawecaumpe 1285 Ipm
  • Sawcompe 1490 ib
  • Sacam(e) 1499 Pat 1535 VE
  • Sacombe al Sacompe 1505 Pat
  • Sawcombe 1598 N

Etymology

'Open space of Swǣfa ,' v. camp , as suggested by Skeat (19).Swǣfa would be a pet form of OE  personal names in Swǣf -.For the spelling Seucans , v. IPN 94.

Places in the same Parish