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.

Scabbacombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Brixham

Historical Forms

  • Schobecumb c.1250 Deed

Etymology

is Schobecumb c. 1250Deed . ' Sceobba 'svalley , ' v. cumb and cf. Scoble supra 327 . For the initial sk , v. Introd. xxxv .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement