Pencombe
village · County of Herefordshire
WelshSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Pencombe is a Welsh village name. 'Pen' means 'head' or 'end', and 'combe' is a borrowing from Old English 'cumb' meaning 'valley'. The name refers to a 'valley head' or 'end of the valley'.
Word origins
- Pen
- WelshHead, end, top(from pen "head, end, top")
- combe
- Old EnglishAttestedValley(from cumb "valley")