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.

Ellacombe

Other OS name in the Parish of North Bovey

Historical Forms

  • Ellecomb 1330,1333 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Ellecomb 1330, 1333SR (p) . ' Ella 's valley ' or ' elder tree valley ' v. ellen , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement