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.

Carscombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoodleigh

Historical Forms

  • Cobbeliscomb 1330,1333 SR
  • Cobbescombe 1650 Recov

Etymology

is probably identical with Cobbeliscomb 1330, 1333SR (p), Cobbescombe 1650Recov . The first element may be the name of a medieval owner .