Widcombe Hill
hill or mountain · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a hill near a place called 'Widcombe'. 'Widcombe' itself probably means 'wide valley' from Old English 'wīd' (wide) and 'cumb' (valley).
Word origins
- Widcombe
- Old EnglishAttestedwide valley(from wīd "wide", cumb "valley")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")