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.

Hollycombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Spreyton

Historical Forms

  • on hurran cumbes heafod 739 Crawf 11th
  • Hurracombe 1615 FF

Etymology

Possibly 'Hurra 's valley,' v. cumb . Hurra is not on record but would be a regular pet form for OE  Hūn -rǣd .