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.

Bickham Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Oakford

Historical Forms

Bichecoma 1086 DB

Bicumbe 1228 FF

Bikecumbe 1238 Ass

Bykecumb' 1242 Fees789

Bykecombe juxta Hocford 1296 Ass

Etymology

'Bi (c )ca 's combe,' v. Abbots Bickington supra 124.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Oakford