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.

Hollowcombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fremington

Historical Forms

  • Holcomma 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Holecome
  • Hulecome 1244 FF

Etymology

'Hollow valley,' v. cumb .