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.

Yabbacombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aveton Giffard

Historical Forms

  • Yabbecombe 1339 Ass 1376 Exon

Etymology

'Eabba 's valley,' v. cumb . Cf. Yapton (PN Sx 144) and on eabbincg wylle BCS 480.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement