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.

Stancombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Harberton

Historical Forms

  • Stancumb' 1242 Fees790
  • Stancumb' Priour 1378 IpmR

Etymology

is Stancumb '1242 Fees 790, Stancumb ' Priour 1378 IpmR . ' Stony valley , ' v. cumb . Cf. Stancombe infra 329 .