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.

Farn Combe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lambourn

Historical Forms

  • Verncombes 1338 Queen
  • Farnecumberdence 1346 ib
  • Farmcumbesdene 1349 ib

Etymology

Farn Combe, Verncombes 1338Queen , Farnecumberdence 1346ib , Farmcumbesdene 1349ib , 'fern valley', v. fearn , cumb ; denu , also meaning 'valley', has been added to two of the forms.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement