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.

Morecombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Woodleigh

Historical Forms

Morcomb(e) 1330 SR 1449 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Morcomb (e )1330SR (p), 1449FF . v. mor , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Woodleigh