Ashcombe Family History

from Ashcombe (Devon) which is recorded as Aissecoma in 1086 Ascumbe in 1200 and Ashcombe in 1291 or from Ashcombe in Newton Ferrers (also Devon) recorded as Assecumb in 125 Both place-names derive from Old English æsc ‘ash-tree’ + cumb ‘valley’. Some of the bearers cited here may belong to (2).

from Ashcombe Swainswick (Somerset) which has the same etymology as the place-names in (1).

from Ashcombe in Dorking (Surrey) which is recorded as Asshecombe Hethe in 1559 and has the same etymology as the place-name in (1).

from Ashcombe in Lewes (Sussex) which is recorded as Acescome in 1086 Achescumbe in 1091–1125 and Asshecombe in the 14th century. The place-name derives from the Old English personal name Æcci (genitive Æcces) + cumb ‘valley’.