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.

Babbacombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Alwington

Historical Forms

  • Babbecumb 1249 Ass
  • Babecomb 1330 SR

Etymology

is Babbecumb 1249Ass (p), Babecomb 1330SR (p) . ' Babba 's valley , ' v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement