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.

Merecombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Kemerton

Historical Forms

  • in Mærcumb 857 BCS541 11th

Etymology

, in Mærcumb 857 (11th) BCS 541 , ' boundary valley ' , v. (ge)mǣre , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement