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.

Biddlecombe Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Chudleigh

Historical Forms

  • Byttelecomb 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Byttelecomb 1330SR (p) . ' Bit (t )ela 'scumb , ' cf. Bittleford infra 526 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement