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.

Woolcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Cornworthy

Historical Forms

  • Wolcomb 1333 SR

Etymology

is Wolcomb 1333SR (p) . Perhaps ' wolves' valley , ' v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement