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.

Withycombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Tedburn St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Wythycumb 1249 Ass
  • Wydecombe 1329 Ass
  • Wydi(a)comb 1333 SR
  • Widecombe 1376 IpmR

Etymology

is Wythycumb 1249Ass , Wydecombe 1329Ass , Wydi (a )comb 1333SR (all p), Widecombe 1376 IpmR . v. wiðig , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement