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.

Acomb

Other OS name in the Parish of Finningley

Historical Forms

  • Akeholme 1771 M
  • Akeholme or Acomb 1822 Langd

Etymology

, Akeholme 1771 M, Akeholme or Acomb 1822 Langd ; probably ' oak water-meadow ' , v. āc or eik and holmr .