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.

Foscombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashleworth

Historical Forms

  • Foxcumb(e) 12 Glouc 1269 FF

Etymology

, 1798EnclA , Foxcumb (e )12 Glouc, 1269FF , ' fox valley ' , v. fox , cumb ; the valley is that at grid 143 – 817265 leading up to Foscombe Hill , formerly called forstricge ( infra ) , but the two names are not connected etymologically .