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.

Slantycombe Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hockworthy

Historical Forms

  • Slanycombe 13th Canonsleigh
  • Slanecumbe 1281 Ass

Etymology

OE  slānacumb , 'valley of the sloe-trees,' v. slah , cumb . So similarly Wallenberg (StudNP 2, 92).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement