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.

Edgcumbe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Milton Abbot

Historical Forms

  • Egghacombe 1275 RH
  • Eggecumbe 1281 Ass
  • Eggecomb(e) 1330 SR 1435 Exon 1493 Ipm
  • Egecombe 1381 Exon
  • Eghcombe 1412 Deed 1488 Rental
  • Eggelcumbe 1281 Ass

Etymology

Probably 'Ecga 's valley,' v. cumb .