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.

Yatscombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sunningwell

Historical Forms

  • geatescumb 955 BCS906 c.1200
  • Yattescumbe 1247–8 Ass

Etymology

Yatscombe, geatescumb 955 (c. 1200) BCS 906, Yattescumbe 1247–8Ass , probably 'valley of the gate', v. geat , cumb , but the first el. might be the rare pers.n. Gēat , cf. Yattendon (Pt 1279). Yatscombe is on a ridge, but the name may refer to the stream-valley N.W. of the ridge. In the bounds of an area belonging to Abingdon in BCS 906 (v. Pt 3) geatescumb appears as a property belonging to the estate, but no indication is given of the exact location.