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.

Metcombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marwood

Historical Forms

Metcoma 1086 DB

Medcome 1244 Ass

Medcumbe 1281 Ass

Medecoumb 1442 IpmR

Meddecomb 1501 Ipm

Etymology

'Meadow valley,' v. mæd , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Marwood