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.

Westcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Longbridge Deverill

Historical Forms

  • Werescumbe 1235 WMxxxiii
  • Wescombe 1640 WMxxix

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Werescumbe 1235 WM xxxiii, Wustcombe 1571, Wuscombe 1616Ct , Wescombe 1640 WM xxix .