Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• bosco de Combekaynes, bosco de Combe Keynes 1434,1470 Weld1

• boscus voc' Iveley al' dict' Combewod 1446 Rent

• (bosco voc') Combewod(e) 1447 Weld1 1504 et freq

• Combewodde 1460 ib

• bosco apud Combe 1464 ib

• Co(o)mb(e) Wood(s) 1640–1686 Weld1

• Eveley, Eueley 1447,1448 Weld1

Etymology

Coombe Wood (SY 833844), bosco de Combekaynes , bosco de Combe Keynes 1434, 1470Weld 1, boscus voc ' Iveley al ' dict ' Combewod 1446Rent , (bosco voc ') Combewod (e )1447Weld 1et freq to 1504ib , Combewodde 1460ib , bosco apud Combe 1464ib , Co (o )mb (e ) Wood (s )1640–1686Weld 1et passim , 'the wood at Coombe', v. wudu , Coombe Keynes supra ; cf. John At (t )(e ) Wode 1432–1438Weld 1, v. atte . The alternative name Iveley is Eveley , Eueley 1447, 1448Weld 1, perhaps 'woodland glade where ivy grows', v. īfig , lēah , although alternatively, as Professor Löfvenberg points out, the first el. may be the OE  pers.n. Ifa , Iofa , Eofa (Redin 99, 92). In 1086 DB there was 'woodland 6 furlongs long and as much in width' in the larger of the two manors of Cume (VCHDo 373).