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.

Halcombe Vale

Other OS name in the Parish of East Lulworth

Historical Forms

  • Hawkcombe or Hoccombe bottom 1861 Hutch3

Etymology

, Hawkcombe or Hoccombe bottom 1861 Hutch3 , v. cumb , vale , botm ; the first el . is perhaps hafoc ' hawk ' .