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.

Rosencombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Inwardleigh

Historical Forms

  • Rosedoncomb 1562 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Rosedoncomb 1562FF , cf. Rosedown supra 75 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement