Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hyntecumbe 1288 Ass

• Hyndecomb(e) 1312 SoDoNQXIII 1316 FF 1325 ADVI 1327 SR 1343 HarlCh 1416 1487 Ipm 1508,1535 Weld2

• Hyndecome 1318 HarlCh

• Hind(e)comb(e) 1774 Hutch1 1795 Boswell

• Hyncombe 1327 Poul 15 FA 1412 Weld2 1460–1513

• the north part' of Hyncombe, the Sowth part' of Hyncombe 1561 ib

• Hynnecome 1333 HarlCh

• Hynecomb(e) 1399 Cl 1456–1504 Weld2

• Hendecomb' 1332 SR

Etymology

'Valley frequented by hinds or does', from hind (gen.pl. -a ) and cumb . The final -s in the current name is probably manorial, but a plural sense is possible, cf. the two 'parts' mentioned in 1561.