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.

Smallicombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Northleigh

Historical Forms

Hesmalacoma 1086 DB(Exon)

Smelecome

Smalecumb' 1242 Fees

Etymology

'Narrow valley,' v. smæl , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Northleigh