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.

Hodcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Eastdean

Historical Forms

  • Holcombe 1844 TA

Etymology

is Holcombe 1844TA . The farm lies in a hollow , so the earlier form is probably the correct one , v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement