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.

Ruckham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cruwys Morchard

Historical Forms

  • Rouecomma 1086 DB
  • Est Ruggescumbe 1286 FF
  • Roggecumbe 1311 FF
  • Rogecome 1389 IpmR

Etymology

Probably 'Hrucga 's combe,' cf. hrucgan cumbes ford (Crawf 2), also in Devon.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement