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.

Acomb

Major Settlement in the Parish of Acomb

Historical Forms

  • Achu', Acun 1086 DB
  • Acun 1221 Cur
  • Acum, Akum 1086 DB 1119–47 LeonN5 1123–33,1148,1156,1172–86 YCh169,179,186,464 Hy1 Ch 1294 MaryYii,40 1219 Visit 1665
  • Acom(e) 1190–1215 YCh465 1217 LeonR 1550 NCWills
  • Akome 1415 Fabr
  • Akam 1609 FF
  • Acombe 1679 Dep

Etymology

'(At) the oak-trees', v. āc (dat.pl. ācum ), -um , cf. Acomb YN 44.On the modern forms v. Phonol. § 9.