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.

Longcombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Berry Pomeroy

Historical Forms

Comba 1086 DB

Lancombe 1321 HMCiii,344 1541 Recov

Langcombe 1463 Totnes

Lancombe, Langcombe, Lancombedoune 1553 Pat

Etymology

'Long valley,' v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Berry Pomeroy