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.

Bickham

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland Monachorum

Historical Forms

  • Bykecombe 1291 Tax
  • Bycacumbayoneda 1291 Dartmoor 1408

Etymology

is Bykecombe 1291 Tax,Bycacumbayoneda 1291 (1408) Dartmoor . v. Abbots Bickingtonsupra 124 . Yoneda may be for yond , ' further , ' curiously suffixed to the name . The final a is the common Devon syllabic ending , v. Introd. xxxvi .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement