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.

Thorncombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

Tornecoma 1086 DB

Tornecumb(a) c.1140 BM t.John Abbr

Thorn(e)cumbe 1228 FF t.Ed1 QW

Etymology

'Thorn valley,' v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site