Haccombe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Haccombe with Coombe
Historical Forms
- Hacoma 1086 DB
- Hakcumbe c.1200 Torre 15th
- Hakcome 1323 Ipm
- Haccumbe 1238 Ass
- Heccham 1293 DA
- Hakecombe 1509 DA
Etymology
In view of the absence of any sign of an inflexional syllable the first element is perhaps OE haca , 'hook' (v. s. n. Hackpen infra 538), rather than a pers. name Hacca . v. cumb .