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.

Woodcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Brixton Deverill

Historical Forms

  • Wodecumbe 1248 Ch
  • Wodecombe 1300 Ipm

Etymology

is Wodecumbe 1248 Ch,Wodecombe 1300 Ipm . v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement