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.

Larcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Diptford

Historical Forms

  • Levercombe 1228 FF
  • Leverecome 1296 Ass

Etymology

is Levercombe 1228 FF, Leverecome 1296Ass (p) . ' Wild iris valley , ' v. læfer , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement