Chaffcombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Down St Mary
Historical Forms
- Chefecoma 1086 DB
- Chaffecomb 1238 Ass 1500 Ipm
Etymology
It must be identical with Chaffcombe (So), Caffecome 1086 DB, Chaffacomba t. John (1313) Ch, Chaffecumbe 1235 FF, Chefcumbe 1252, Chefcombe 1314 Ipm, and contain the same first element as Chafford Hundred (Ess), Cesfeworda , Ceffeorda 1086 DB, Ceaffeworda 1130 P. Professor Ekwall would take it to be a pers. name Ceaffa .

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