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.

Wrescombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newton Ferrers

Historical Forms

  • Wrescomb 1281 Ass

Etymology

This may contain as first element OE  wrǣst , 'thicket,' cf. PN BedsHu 62.