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.

Gorcombe Ctgs & Gorcombe Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Charlton Marshall

Historical Forms

  • (le Hedlond de) Gorcombe 1447 Eton

Etymology

, (le Hedlond de ) Gorcombe 1447Eton , v. cumb ; first el . gāra ' point of land ' or gor ' dirt ' .