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.

Merecombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Overbury

Historical Forms

Mærcumb 875 BCS541 11th

Upper and Lower Mercu 1649 Surv

Etymology

'Boundary valley,' v. (ge)mære, cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Overbury