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.

Waddicombe

Other OS name in the Parish of East Anstey

Historical Forms

  • Wadcomb 1330 SR
  • Wadecomb 1333 SR

Etymology

is Wadcomb 1330SR , Wadecomb 1333SR (p) . ' Wada 's cumb ' or ' woad valley , ' v. wad .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement