Icomb, Church Icomb
Major Settlement in the Parish of Icomb
Historical Forms
- Icancumb, Iccacumb 781 BCS240 11th
- Iccacumb 964 12th ib
- Iccecumb 11 Heming
- Icecumb' 1221 Eyre
- Iacumbe 1086 DB
- Iecumbe 1221 Ass
- Jacomb 1291 Tax
- Iccvmbe, Iccumb(e), Iccomb(e) 1086 DB 1181–91 WinchLB 1221 Ass 1261 FF 1282 Episc 1675 Og
- Ickumb', Ickombe 1221 Ass 1353 Ipm Hy6 AddCh
- Iccoumbe 1348 Misc
- Icvmbe, Icombe 1086 DB 1220 Fees 1611 Rec
- Ycomb 1303 FA
- Hichecumb, Hichumb 1221 Ass
- Hiccumbe, Hiccomb 1269 Ch 1287 QW
- Hickumbe 1327 SR
Etymology
'Ic(c)a's valley', v. cumb . An OE pers.n., which occurs also in Icangæt (infra ), is discussed s.n. Ickford (Bk 124). The church is mentioned in 1271, 1289 Episc, 1291 Tax, etc. The spellings Iacumbe , Iecumbe may be misreadings of la Cumbe , le Cumbe and refer to foll.