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.

Creacombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Creacombe

Historical Forms

  • Crabecoma, Crahecoma, Crawecoma 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Crawecome
  • Craucomb 1254 Ass
  • Creucumbe 1284 Exon
  • Crew(e)comb(e) 1333 SR 1422 Exon
  • Croucombe 1291 Tax
  • Croucumb juxta Whytherugg' 1303 Ass

Etymology

'Crow valley,' v. cumb and Introd. xxxiii.

Places in the same Parish