Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Warmundescumbe 1220 Fees

• Warmodescumb' 1278–9 RH 1522–3 AugmOff

• Wermodescombe 1285 Ass

• Wermundescome, Wer(e)mundesham 1285 Ass

• Wormunstone 1285 Ass

• Warmoteston 1321 Ipm

• Warmotescombe 1393 Cl

• Warmotestovere 1428 FA

• Warnedelescombe 1346 FA

Etymology

'Wǣrmōd 's valley,' v. cumb . There has been confusion with the more common personal name Wǣrmund : Wǣrmōd is only found in place-names. Alternatively the -n - in some forms may be inorganic, cf. PN Bk 140–1, where this latter explanation is given for an -n - in the second syllable of forms for Wormstone, which contains Wǣrmōd .