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.

Drascombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Drewsteignton

Historical Forms

  • Drosncumb 739 Crawf 11th
  • Droscumb(e) 1212 Fees96 1219 1274 Ipm
  • Troscumba 1167 P
  • Drascumb 1250 Fees
  • Druscombe (sic) 1275 RH

Etymology

v. cumb . The first element is OE  drosn , 'dregs, sediment, dirt, etc.,' hence 'dirty valley.'