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.

Grinacombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwoodwidger

Historical Forms

  • Grenacumbe 1313 Exon
  • Grenecombe 1330 SR 1544 Recov

Etymology

is Grenacumbe 1313 Exon (p), Grenecombe 1330SR (p), 1544Recov . ' Green valley . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement