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.

Yalcombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farway

Historical Forms

  • Yallethecumbe 1281 Ass
  • Yaldecombe 1417 FF
  • Yalcombe juxta Farewaye 1449 FF

Etymology

'Valley of a woman called Ealdgȳð or Ealhgȳð ,' v. cumb . Ialdgið occurs in Devon c. 1100 (Earle 262).