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.

Challacombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Challacombe

Historical Forms

  • Celdecomba 1086 DB
  • Cheldecombe 1438 IpmR
  • Caldecumba 1167 P
  • Chaudecumb' 1242 Fees772
  • Chaldecumbe 1244 Ass
  • Choldecomb(e) 1326 Cl 1346 FA
  • Scoldecombe 1330 Exon
  • Cholcombe 1428 FA
  • Cholycombe 1620 Wills

Etymology

'Cold valley,' v. cald , cumb .