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.

Widdacombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Thrushelton

Historical Forms

  • Wydecomb 1282 Ass 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wydecomb 1282Ass , 1330SR (both p) . ' Wide valley , ' v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement