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.

Owlacombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Roborough

Historical Forms

Ulacomba 1086 DB(Exon)

Olecumbe

Ullecumb', Wollecumb' 1242 Fees775

Oulecombe 1326 Cl

Oulecombe juxta Beauford 1330 Ass

Etymology

'Owls' valley,' v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Roborough