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.

Babbacombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Mary Church

Historical Forms

  • Babbecumbe c.1200 Torre 15th
  • Babbecombe 1467 Oliver
  • Babbacombe 1504–15 ECP4,143
  • Babicomb 1765 D

Etymology

'Babba 's valley,' v. cumb . Cf. Babbacombe supra 85.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement