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.

Winscombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Drewsteignton

Historical Forms

  • Wynscombe 1580 DA

Etymology

is Wynscombe 1580 DA 31 . Probably ' Wine 's cumb . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement