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.

School Ho (Fm)

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • School House 1811 OS 1841 TA

Etymology

, School House 1811 OS, 1841TA , noted in Hutch 3 4 531 as a mansion given to the parish in 1734 ' for the occupation of a schoolmaster who should teach six poor children ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement