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.

Luscombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rattery

Historical Forms

  • Loscumma 1086 DB
  • Luscumba 13th Buckfast
  • Luscumbe 1228,1238 FF
  • Loscumb Baruge 1285 FA
  • Loscome 1303 FA
  • Luscombe, Loscombe Bernage 1326 Ipm

Etymology

Probably 'pigsty valley,' v. hlose , cumb . Jurdan Barnage held the manor in 1242 (Fees 765).