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.

Horseshoe Clump & Horseshoe Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Horse Shoe 1841 TA

Etymology

, Horse Shoe (Plant .) 1841TA , so named from the shape of this small wood .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement