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.

Poughcombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Ogbourne St Andrew

Historical Forms

Pokcombe 1496 Ct

Pookham c.1840 TA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Pokcombe 1496Ct , Pookham c. 1840TA . Probably ' goblin valley , ' v. puca .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name