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A common name, ‘deep or hollow valley’, OE hol + cumb; examples include: Holcombe Bury. Holecumba early 13th cent. Holcombe Devon, near Dawlish. Holacumba (c.1070), Holcomma (1086) (DB). Holcombe Somerset. Holecumbe (1243). Holcombe Burnell Devon. Holecumba (1086) (DB), Holecumbe Bernard (1263). Manorial affix (later modified to the modern form) from a man called Bernard whose son held the manor in (1242). Holcombe Rogus Devon. Holecoma (1086) (DB), Holecombe Roges (1281). Manorial affix from one Rogo who held the manor in (1086).
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Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names
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