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.

Yercombes

Other OS name in the Parish of Stinchcombe

Historical Forms

  • Yertecombe 1374 Inq
  • Yercombe 1623 ib
  • Yarcombe 1839 TA

Etymology

, Yertecombe 1374 Inq, Yercombe 1623 ib,Yarcombe 1839TA , probably OE  *earte ' wagtail ' ( Holthausen ) , v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement