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.

Hollycombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Linch

Etymology

Hollycombe is mentioned in Durf 33d as Holecumbe subtus marl , de la linche . It lies in a small hollow, v. hol , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement