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.

Combe Fishacre

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ipplepen

Historical Forms

  • Comba 1086 DB
  • Cumba 1228 FF
  • Come Fishacre 1285 FA

Etymology

v. cumb . Martin de Fisacre held the manor in 1228 (FF). Presumably he came from Fishacre supra 510.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement