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.

Bodmiscombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Uffculme

Historical Forms

  • Bothemyscombe, Bothenescumb 13th Buckland
  • Bothemescumbe 1275,1281 Ass
  • Bothemescoume 1276 RH
  • Bothomescoume 1275 Ass
  • Bodemescombe 1297 Buckland
  • Bodmiscumb ib

Etymology

Probably 'Bōthelm 's cumb.'