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.

Coombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • Coombe 1625,1630 DCMCt
  • Comb(e) 1327,1332 SR
  • Coomb 1811 OS

Etymology

Coombe (ST 496999), Coombe 1625, 1630DCMCt , Comb (e )1327, 1332 SR (both (p)), 1517Ct et freq to 1863 Hutch3, Coomb 1811 OS, v. cumb 'valley', cf. Coombe Coppice, Coombe Down Barn, Coombe Down Fm & Coombe Down Hill all infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement