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.

Wiscombe Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Southleigh

Historical Forms

  • Wiscumb(e) 1156 France
  • Wyssecumb(e) 1244 FF
  • Wyscumb(e) 1262 FF
  • Wyshcombe 1327 Banco
  • Wyshecombe 1330 FF
  • Whyscombe 1384 FF
  • Wichecombe 1388 Cl

Etymology

v. wisce , cumb . The place lies low near a stream.