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.

Creacombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newton Ferrers

Historical Forms

  • Crawecome 1086 DB
  • Craucombe 1231 FF
  • Crauwecumba 1231 Bracton
  • Creuecumbe 1238 Ass
  • Crencomb (sic) 1421 IpmR

Etymology

'Crow cumb,' v. Introd. xxxiii.