Salcombe Regis
Major Settlement in the Parish of Salcombe Regis
Historical Forms
- (æt) sealt cumbe 1050–72 Earle
- Saltecumba 1175 P
- Saltecumbe 1219 Ass
- Saltcumbe 1258,1275 Exon
- Saltcombe 1291 Tax
- Saltcombe juxta Sidemouth 1320 Ass
- Selcoma 1086 DB
- Salcombe Regis 1717 Recov
Etymology
'Salt valley,' cf. Salcombe supra 311. The manor belonged to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter from the time of the earliest records. It is said to have been granted to them by Aethelstan, but even if this is true it can hardly account for the addition of Regis which does not seem to appear before the 18th cent. v. Addenda, Part ii, xiv.