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.

Widdicombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Marldon

Historical Forms

  • Wythycombe 1554 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wythycombe 1554Recov . ' Withy valley , ' cf. the same name infra 526 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement