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.

Uffculme

Major Settlement in the Parish of Uffculme

Historical Forms

  • Offecoma 1086 DB
  • Offeculum 1227 Oliver 1249 FF
  • Ofculm 1267 Ch 1284 Exon
  • Of Colmp 1316 FA
  • Uffe Culum 1175 P
  • Uffekulum 1216 ClR
  • Uffeculum 1238,1249 Ass
  • Huffeculm 1248 Ipm

Etymology

'Uffa 's farm on the Culm,' cf. Goodameavy supra 229.