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.

Baycombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slindon

Historical Forms

  • Baycumbe 1274 Ch

Etymology

Baycombe (6″) is Baycumbe in 1274 (Ch). 'Bæga 's cumb,' cf. Byworth infra 116.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement