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Mappa
Hwilas
A-Z
Asnodhow
EN
KW
Honicombe
(EN)
/
Kommel
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Calstock
Hundred:
East Wivelshire
Notes:
Anglo-Saxon Hunig-cumb ‘coomb where honey was produced’
Elements:
komm
Meaning:
coombe
mel
Meaning:
honey
Elements notes:
komm 'small valley' + mel 'honey'
Historic forms:
Honycome 1327, 1472. Honyacomb, Honycomb 1338.