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.

Iccomb

Major Settlement in the Parish of Church Iccomb

Historical Forms

  • Icancumb, Iccacumb 781 BCS240 11th
  • Iccacumb 964 BCS1135 12th
  • Iccecumb 11th Heming
  • lacumbe 1086 DB
  • la Cumbe c.1086 EveB 1190
  • Ikcumbe 1221 FineR
  • Iccombe 1316 FA

Etymology

The existence of an OE  pers. name Icca is demonstrated under Ickford (PN Bk 124) and there is no doubt that we have it here.The cumb may be the small and narrow valley which lies at the foot of the church or its more marked eastward extension a mile away. In the same charter (BCS 240) there is an Icangæt .

Places in the same Parish

None