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.

Colcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Colyton

Historical Forms

  • Col(e)combe 1325 Misc 1371 Exon 1425 BM

Etymology

is Col (e )combe 1325 Misc, 1371Exon, 1425 BM . v. Collacott supra 50 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement