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.

Messcombe Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Bower Chalke

Historical Forms

Mescombe hedd 1570 PembSurv 1590 Wilton

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Mescombe hedd 1570 PembSurv, 1590Wilton .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site