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.

Hollowcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Ermington

Historical Forms

  • Holecombeslad
  • Holcombe 1469 IpmR

Etymology

is Holecombeslad n.d. ADii, Holcombe 1469 IpmR . v. holh , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement