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.

Ullacombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Bovey Tracy

Historical Forms

  • Oulecumbe 13th Buckfast
  • Oulecomb 1330,1333 SR
  • Ullacombe next Yarner 1553 Pat
  • Owlacombe 1582 SR

Etymology

is Oulecumbe 13th Buckfast (p), Oulecomb 1330, 1333SR (p), Ullacombe next Yarner 1553 Pat, Owlacombe 1582SR (p) . ' Owl valley , ' v. cumb .