English Place-name Society

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.

Hascombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hascombe

Historical Forms

  • Hasecumbe, Hascombe 1241 Ass
  • Hescumbe 1243 Misc
  • Hescumb 1251 Ch
  • Escumbe c.1270 Winton
  • Hascumbe 1255 FF 1279,1298 Ass 1306,1326 FF
  • Hascoumbe 1307 Ch
  • Hascombe 1313 Ass 1332 Ipm 1379 Winton 1382 Ass
  • Hassecumbe 1266 FF
  • Haskham 1541 FF
  • Hascom 1635 GodalmingParReg
  • Hascomb or Askum 1728 Cox

Etymology

No certainty is possible owing to the absence of any very early forms. The first element may possibly be OE  hese, hæse, 'brushwood,' hence 'brushwood valley,' v. cumb , but we have no parallel for ME  forms of that word in has (e ).