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.

Combe

Other OS name in the Parish of Modbury

Historical Forms

  • Combe 1333 SR
  • Gurrantiscomb al. Combdowne in Modbury 1515–18 ECP4,408

Etymology

is Combe 1333SR (p), Gurrantiscomb al. Combdowne in Modbury 1515–18 ECP 4, 408 .