Meanings
- A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9366).
- A western suburb of the City of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5751).
Freda’s sister’s home was a new semi-detached house in Acomb. It seemed plenty roomy enough to Freda.
2022, Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety, Doubleday, page 97
Origin
- Old Englishācum
- Northern Middle EnglishAcom
- EnglishAcomb
Inherited from Northern Middle English Acom, Akom, from Old English ācum, dative singular of āc (“oak”). The traditional local pronunciations reflect the regular development of word-initial Old English /ɑː/ to /ja~jɛ/ that occured in most traditional dialects of the North of England (north of the Humber–Lune line); compare yan (“one”).
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Acomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acomb
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