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.

Heathercombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Manaton

Historical Forms

  • Heddercumb 1244 Ass
  • Hedercomƀ 1330 SR
  • Hathercombe 1413 IpmR

Etymology

v. Hatherleigh supra 142.