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.

Watcombe Manor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watlington

Historical Forms

  • Watecvmbe 1086 DB 1393 Cl
  • Wattecumbe 1238 FF 1278–9 RH
  • Wadecumbe 1184,late13th Os
  • Wadecumb' 1275 MertR
  • Whatecombe 1293 Ipm
  • Wattcombe 1474 Stonor

Etymology

'Wheat valley,' v. hwǣte , cumb .