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.

Gatcombe Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Hempston

Historical Forms

Gatecomb(e) 1320 Ass 1330 SR

Etymology

is Gatecomb (e )1320Ass , 1330SR (both p) . ' Goats' valley , ' v. gat , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Little Hempston