English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Combs

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • Cumbes 1251 DbAv Hy3 For
  • Coumbe(s) 1285 1343,1346 Cor
  • Combes 1375 WollCh
  • Chapel Combys 1531 Lanc
  • Chappell Cowmes 1559 FF

Etymology

Combs, Cumbes 1251 DbA v, Hy 3For , Coumbe (s )1285 ib, 1343, 1346Cor , Combes 1375WollCh et passim , Chapel Combys 1531 Lanc, Chappell Cowmes 1559FF . 'The valleys', v. cumb ; the hamlet is situated in a main valley and at the entrance to a smaller valley, through which flow Meveril Brook and Pyegreave Brook respectively.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement