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.

Darncombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brompton

Historical Forms

Dernecombe 1335 ForP

Etymology

'Hidden valley' v. d(i)erne, cumb . This is quite apt.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement