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.

Summercombe Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of East and West Dawlish

Historical Forms

  • Somerscombe 1750 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Somerscombe 1750Recov . The meaning is probably ' summer-pasture valley . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement