Holcombe Rogus
Major Settlement in the Parish of Holcombe Rogus
Historical Forms
- (on) holancumbes land scare 958 BCS1027
- Holecoma 1086 DB
- Holecumbe 1238 Ass 1242 Fees786
- Holecombe Roges 1281 Ass
- Holcombe Rogys 1383 Exon
- Holecomb Regis 1414 IpmR
Etymology
'Hollow valley,' v. holh , cumb . In DB it was held by one Rogo ; Simon, son of Rogo , gave Holcombe Church to Montacute Priory c. 1160 and Jordan fil. Roges held the manor in 1238 (Ass ). For land scare , cf. Landskerry supra 215.