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.

Wellcoombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Cheriton Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • Welcomb(e) 1301 Ass 1330,1333 SR

Etymology

is Welcomb (e )1301Ass (p), 1330, 1333SR (p) . v. wielle , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement