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.

Seckeymoor

Other OS name in the Parish of Chardstock

Historical Forms

  • Seckombe more 1607 DCMCt

Etymology

( lost , about ST 295059 ) , 1811 OS , Seckombe more 1607DCMCt , v. mōr , first part of the name perhaps a surname from Seccombe PN D 183, 317 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement