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.

Widcombe Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farway

Historical Forms

  • Widecumba 1173–5 Ch 1329
  • Wydecumb 1275 RH 1285 FA
  • Wydecome Hylioun juxta Honeton 1319 Ass

Etymology

'Wide valley,' v. cumb . The Hylioun family have not been noted in association with the place in early records.