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.

Smallacombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Ilsington

Historical Forms

  • Smalecombe 1342 Exon
  • Smalacombe 1566 DA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Smalecombe 1342 Exon, Smalacombe 1566 DA 43 . ' Narrow valley , ' v. cumb .