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.

Lancercombe Fm and Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ottery St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Lancercomb 1333 SR

Etymology

This is the OE  landscearu , landscoru , 4 boundary, landmark.' Cf. Landskerry supra 215.

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