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Survey of English Place-Names

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Oddicombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Sherford

Historical Forms

  • Odecumba 1163 P
  • Odekumbe 1219 FF
  • Odecumbe 1219,1294 Ass

Etymology

is Odecumba 1163 P, Odekumbe 1219 FF, Odecumbe 1219, 1294Ass . ' Odda 's valley , ' v. cumb . Cf. Odcombe (So) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement