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.

Oxencombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Chudleigh

Historical Forms

  • Oxencombe 1641 Recov
  • Higher 1669 FF

Etymology

is Oxencombe 1641Recov , (Higher ) 1669FF . Self - explanatory , v. cumb .

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