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.

Hollacombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hollacombe

Historical Forms

Holecoma 1086 DB

Holecumbe 1238 Ass

Holecombe juxta Holdesworthy 1299 Exon

Etymology

'Hollow valley,' v. holh , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site