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.

Incombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Melbury Abbas

Historical Forms

  • Incombe Hr Md, Incombe Middle Md 1839 TA

Etymology

( Head Plant . ) , Incombe Hr Md , Incombe Middle Md 1839TA , v. cumb ' valley ' , hēafod ' head of a valley ' , first el . probably in ' inner ' , denoting nearness to the principal residence of an estate .