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.

Withycombe Raleigh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Withycombe Raleigh

Historical Forms

  • Widecoma 1086 DB
  • Widecumbe 1238 Ass
  • Wydecome 1273 BM
  • Wydecomb(e) 1281 Ass 1303 FA
  • Widecombe Ralegh 1465 IpmR
  • Wydicumb' 1242 Fees763
  • Wythycomƀ 1334 SR
  • Wythicomƀ 1334 SR
  • Withycomƀ 1340 SR
  • Wythecomƀ 1377 SR 1440 Cl
  • Withecombralegh 1527 Recov
  • Clavile in DB

Etymology

'Withy valley,' cf. Widdecombe supra 526. The manor was held by Walter de Clavile in DB (f. 112 b ) but had passed to the Ralegh family by 1303 (FA).