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.

Highcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Plymstock

Historical Forms

Haycomb 1364 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Haycomb 1364Ass . v. heg or (ge)hæg , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Plymstock