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.

Prescombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Ebbesborne Wake

Historical Forms

  • Prestcoumbe 1440 WinchColl
  • Prescombe bottom 1710 Wilton

Etymology

is Prestcoumbe 1440WinchColl , Prescombe bottom 1710Wilton . ' Priests' valley , ' v. cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement