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.

Northcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Bratton Clovelly

Historical Forms

  • Northcumb 1279 Ipm

Etymology

is Northcumb 1279 Ipm , v. cumb . In the same document there is mention of a Southcumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement