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.

Shortacombe

Other OS name in the Parish of North Molton

Historical Forms

  • Shortecomb(e) 1330 SR 1427 Ass

Etymology

is Shortecomb (e )1330SR (p), 1427Ass . ' Short valley , ' v. cumb .