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.

Smallcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheepstor

Historical Forms

  • Smalacumba 1291 Dartmoor 1408

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Smalacumba 1291 (1408) Dartmoor . ' Narrow combe , ' v. smæl .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement