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.

Challacombe Common

Early-attested site in the Parish of Manaton

Historical Forms

  • Chaluecomb(e) 1481 Ct 1555 DuCo
  • Chaluecombe 1505 Dartmoor

Etymology

'Calves' valley,' v. cumb .This must be very near the cealfa dun of BCS 1323.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement