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.

Molescombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Stokenham

Historical Forms

  • Molscoumbe t.Ric2 Rental

Etymology

is Molscoumbe t. Ric 2Rental . Perhaps ' Mol (l )'svalley , ' v. cumb and cf. Moulsecombe PN Sx 294 .