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.

Buscombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Challacombe

Historical Forms

  • Berwordescomb 1330 SR
  • Buruardescomb 1333 SR
  • Burscombe 1765 D

Etymology

is Berwordescomb 1330SR (p), Buruardescomb 1333SR (p), Burscombe 1765 D . ' Beornweard 's combe . '