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.

Hollicombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Paignton

Historical Forms

  • Holecomb c.1200 Torre 15th SR 1333

Etymology

is Holecomb c. 1200 (15th) Torre (p), 1333SR (p) . v. holh , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement