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.

Watercombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Elkstone

Historical Forms

Watercombs 1841 TA

Etymology

, Watercombs 1841TA , v. wæter , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Elkstone