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.

Hillcombe Bottom & Hillcombe Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Shillingstone

Historical Forms

  • Elcombe 1330 AddCh 15
  • Elcomb Wood 1811 OS
  • Hill Coombe Coppice 1838 TA

Etymology

, Elcombe 1330 (15) AddCh , Elcomb Wood 1811 OS, Hill Coombe Coppice 1838TA , v. cumb ; the first el . may be the OE pers.n. Ella .