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.

Dunscombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Salcombe Regis

Historical Forms

  • Dunscomb 1249 Ass
  • Donescumbe, Donscumbe 1301 Exon
  • Dunsecombe 1330 Exon

Etymology

Probably 'Dunn 's combe,' v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement