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.

Hoccombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Brendon

Historical Forms

  • Langhoccoumbe 1339 Exmoor

Etymology

is Langhoccoumbe 1339 Exmoor , cf. Huckham supra 56 .