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.

Barcombe Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Paignton

Historical Forms

  • Barkhame 1634 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Barkhame 1634Recov . Possibly ' birch-tree ham(m) , ' v. beorc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement