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 Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Castleton

Historical Forms

  • Combe 1316 FA 1324 Pat
  • Combe (bottom) 1600,1614 Digby
  • Coomb Field 1733 DROMap
  • Combe Fm 1811 OS
  • Coombe Bottom 1843 TA

Etymology

Coombe Fm (ST 621184), Combe 1316 FA, 1324 Pat (p), Combe (bottom )1600, 1614Digby , Coomb Field 1733DROMap , Combe Fm 1811 OS, Coombe Bottom 1843TA , v. cumb 'valley', cf. Overcoombe infra and Nether Coombe in Sherborne par. infra . For Coombe Bottom , cf. in vallo inter Ouerecumbe et Nythercumbe 1349Sher , the buttome betwene Overcombe and Nethercombe e17ib , v. botm 'valley bottom',