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.

Ranscombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Chudleigh

Historical Forms

  • Rammiscomb(e) 1330 SR
  • Rammescomb(e) 1333 SR 1351 Ass

Etymology

is Rammiscomb (e )1330SR (p), Rammescomb (e )1333SR (p), 1351Ass . ' Ram's valley , ' v. cumb .