Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bubbecumb(') 1244 Ass

• Bobbecombe e14 GlastE

• Bubbecume, Bubbecome 1317 MiltC

• (in culturis de…) Bovebob(e)comb(e) 1327 Glast m14 Glast 1338–40

• (feild called) Bowcombe 1616 Lane

• Bocomb 1795 Boswell

• Bocomb Fm 1811 OS

• Buckham or Bowcomb 1869 Hutch3

• æt Bubbancumbe 1002–1012 ASWrits(S1383)

Etymology

Bookham (Fm) (ST 707042), Bubbecumb (')1244Ass (p), Bobbecombe e14GlastE , Bubbecume , Bubbecome 1317MiltC (p), (in culturis de …) Bovebob (e )comb (e )1327 (m14) Glast , 1338–40 Glast, (feild called ) Bowcombe 1616Lane , Bocomb 1795 Boswell, Bocomb Fm 1811 OS, Buckham or Bowcomb 1869 Hutch3; the one hide æt Bubbancumbe 1002–1012 ASWrits (S 1383) probably also belongs here rather than near Melbury Bubb as suggested in ASWrits 484, Finberg 616, thus 'Bubba's valley', from the OE  pers.n. Bubba and cumb ; Bove - is from bufan , used elliptically for 'land above'.