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.

Michelcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Holne

Historical Forms

  • Michelcombe 1408 IpmR 1481 Ct

Etymology

[ mʌtʃikəm ] is Michelcombe 1408 IpmR, 1481Ct . ' Big valley , ' v. micel , cumb .