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.

Cloakham

Other OS name in the Parish of Axminster

Historical Forms

  • Clocombe 1366 DA
  • Clocumbe woode 1550 AOMB

Etymology

is Clocombe 1366 DA 9, Clocumbe woode 1550AOMB . This name , as Professor Ekwall suggests , may be a compound of OE  cloh , ' ravine , ' and cumb .