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.

Ruscombe Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Powerstock

Historical Forms

  • Ruscombe mead & Ruscombe four acres, Lawrences Ruscombe, Little Ruscombe, Long Ruscombe and Middle Ruscombe 1839 TA

Etymology

, named from Ruscombe mead & Ruscombe four acres , Lawrences Ruscombe , Little Ruscombe , Long Ruscombe and Middle Ruscombe 1839TA , ' rush valley ' , v. risc , *rysc , cumb .