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Survey of English Place-Names

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Warmmacombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • Wermecumbe 13th Buckfast
  • Warmecombe 1474 Ct 1618 BM

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wermecumbe 13th Buckfast, Warmecombe 1474Ct , 1618 BM . ' Thewarm combe , ' cf. wearman dene BCS 1282 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement