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.

Tidcombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tidcombe

Historical Forms

  • Titicome 1086 DB
  • Titecumbe 1197 P 1332 SR
  • Tytecumbe Husee 1282 Ass
  • Tydecumbe 1249 FF 1275 RH 1279 Ass 1291 Tax 1316 FA
  • Tidecombe 1286 Ipm
  • Tiddecombe t.Hy8 AOMB
  • Titcombe al. Tidcombe 1748 Recov
  • Titcomb 1812 RCH

Etymology

Probably, as suggested by Ekwall (DEPN s. n .), 'Titta 's valley' (v. cumb ), with the same personal name which is found in Tittandun BCS 667 (Wo). Hubert Husee held the manor in 1282 (Ass ).