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.

Wonscombe Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ottery St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Wonnyngescomb 1330,1333 SR
  • Wynscomb 1382 Oliver
  • Wonyscumb 1443 Ct

Etymology

We may perhaps compare Wonwell supra 279.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement