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.

Hathercombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chittlehampton

Historical Forms

  • Heddrescumbe 1277 FF
  • Hordercomb 1330 SR
  • Hathercombe 1408 IpmR

Etymology

Hatherleigh supra 142.The second form is probably corrupt.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement