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.

Eastcombe and Westcombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hollacombe

Historical Forms

Estecomb 1279 Ipm

Westecom(b)e 1339 Ass 1431 IpmR

Etymology

Probably 'east and west of the combe,' the farms being so situated. v. Introd. supra xxxvii.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Hollacombe